"A Great Digger: A North American Fable" is a one-page fable about Benny the Badger who dug holes for all the other animals in the plains. It is followed by constructed-response questions which require students to provide evidence from the story; it includes skills such as sequencing, making inferences, finding the main idea, recognizing character traits, and summarizing. This passage aligns with Common Core Anchor Reading Standard 1 requiring close reading and textual evidence.