Fables

What is a short tale that teaches a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters?

• myth
• legend
• fable
• folktale

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What kind of story is a fable?

• fiction
• non-fiction

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Fables ____________.

• teach us a lesson
• are non-fiction stories
• tell a funny story
• show us how to draw

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Normally fables have _______ as characters?

• children
• bugs
• animals
• teachers

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What is a moral? 

• a fact
• an opinion
• a lesson
• a direction

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What is the name of the man most famous for creating fables?

• Allen
• Aesop
• Atwood
• Cynthia Rylant

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What does the boy in "The Boy Who Cried Wolf" 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

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What is the moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf?

• Don’t be greedy
• Work hard and plan ahead
• Liars will not be believed even if they tell the truth. 
• Playing tricks on people is FUN

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Fables use "personification" with their characters in each of the stories. What does "personification mean?

• animals who are mean to one another

• animals that do things like humans do

• people that look like animals

• people who do not like animals

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What was the lesson in the fable, The Maid and the Milkpail?

• Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

• Always tell the truth

• Don't be late to dinner.

• Don't have sour grapes

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