4th Grade

Which part of this story is fantasy?

• Red carries a basket to Grandma's House

• Red and Grandma have cake and tea

• Red crawls out of the wolf's belly

• Red learns how to keep wolf as a pet.

What is the effect of Red stopping to talk to wolf?

• Red gets lost on the path

• Wolf tricks her into telling her where Grandma lives.

• Red looses her basket for Grandma and must go back home for more cake.

• Red learns how to keep a wolf as a pet.

How do Red and Grandma solve the problem of Wolf being in the house once they escape?

• They tie him to the bed

• They take him out to the woods while he is asleep

• The call the police for help

• They sneak out of the house before he wakes up

What lesson does Red learn from the story?

• Red learns to not talk to people she does not know.

• Red learns that her Grandma does not like flowers.

• Red learns that it is not safe to leave her home.

• Red learns how to keep a wolf as a pet.

Which word means almost the same as fear?

• disgust

• digest

• dread

• discern

Which of these does not describe Anansi?

• clever

• tricky

• honest

• adventurous

What trick did Anansi play on Possum?

• He made the Possum think that the Watermelon could talk.

• He made the Possum think that the Watermelon grew.

• He made the Possum think that the Watermelon could jump.

• He made the Possum think that the Watermelon could read a book.

In the story, it said that Anansi gorged himself. What does word gorged mean?

• jumped down

• ate a lot of food

• hid from people

• sneaked up on someone

Why did King Bear throw the Watermelon?

• He wanted to see how far he could throw it.

• It called him a fool.

• It did not talk to him.

• He wanted to break it and eat it.

How did Possum feel when he first heard the voice coming from inside the watermelon?

• angry

• happy

• puzzled

• disappointed