Fairytales, Fables, Folktales Pre-Test

How do fairy tales usually begin?

• Once upon a time

• In a land far away

• long ago

• There once was a

Fairytales usually involve

• food

• magic

• animals

• 1 character

Fairytales usually end with

• They lived happily ever after

• They all had fun and went home

• finished

• done

What makes fairytales different from other stories?

• it happened long ago

• its not real

• it is a true story

• its long

fairytales usually have characters that are

• royalty/magic

• old/short

• real

• unfair

Which type of story was told by mouth and came from a specific culture?

• fable

• fairy tale

• folktale

Folktales usually have

• happy endings

• sad endings

• bad endings

folktales usually teach

• a lesson

• facts

In folktales

• animals never act like people

• only people act like people

• animals act like people

The message or lesson the author wants you to know from the story is called

• moral

• legend

• title