The Golden Axe: Based on a Fable by Aesop
Authored by Amy Schiller
English
6th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The first paragraphs explain how the woodcutter uses his axe because:
The author wanted to show that the woodcutter was a busy man.
The author wanted to explain how axes are used in hunting.
The author wanted readers to know how important axes are to everyone's life.
The author wanted to establish the reason for the woodcutter's emotional response.
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.5.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The relationship between Mercury and the woodcutter could best be described as:
painful
responsible
uncomfortable
respectful
Tags
CCSS.RL.5.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
CCSS.RL.8.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What lesson is best illustrated by the fable?
Hard things get easier with time
Honesty is the worst policy
Honesty is the best policy
None of these.
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.K.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The story could have ended after the woodcutter received all 3 axes. Why does the author include the story of the deceitful woodcutters?
To explain that the woodcutter should have lied
To explain that the woodcutter and Mercury were friends
To show that Mercury was a fair god
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RL.6.10
CCSS.RL.5.10
CCSS.RL.5.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Another fable by Aesop was
The Chicken and the Egg
The Boy Who Cried Elephant
The Tortoise and the Hare
None of these
Tags
CCSS.RL.1.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.3.2
CCSS.RL.K.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Abyss means
deep, bottomless hole or body of water
great sorrow
a deep roar
none of these
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.5.1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Bellowed means
great sorrow
misleading or deceiving others
a long journey on foot
none of these
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RL.6.4
CCSS.RL.5.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
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