The Boy Who Cried Wolf

What is the shepherd boy doing at the beginning of the fable?

• Sleeping
• Watching sheep
• Talking to people
• Nothing

What does the boy decide to do because he is bored and lonely?

• Pretends that he sees a wolf
• Buys everyone candy
• Play games with the sheep
• Talks to the people in the town

What happens when a wolf really comes?

• The people help the boy quickly
• The people go reluctantly to help
• A few people help the boy
• No one helps the boy

The people or animals in a story are called the characters of the story. Who are the characters in “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”?

• shepherd boy, village people, sheep, wolf
• shepherd boy and village people
• shepherd boy and sheep
• sheep and wolf

The setting of a story is where it takes place. What is the setting of this fable?

• city
• rural
• beach
• desert

What do you think happens after the wolf came and no one helped the boy?

• The wolf ate the sheep
• Nothing
• The shepherd boy saved the sheep

All of Aesop’s fables, or stories, were meant to teach a moral, or a lesson, about how to behave. What is the moral of this fable?

• It is best to prepare for the days of necessity
• Little by little does the trick
• If you often lie, people won’t believe you even when you are telling the truth.
• What we do for fun can make great trouble for others.

Is this a true story or is it fiction?

• true
• fiction

Which event happens last in the story?

• The boy cries, "Help! Wolf!"

• The boy learns a lesson.

• The people run to help.

What evidence from the fable supports the moral?

• The boy laughed at the villagers when they came to help him.
• He thought he could play a trick on the villagers.
• One day the wolf did come and it started chasing the lambs, no one came.