HMH - Thank You, Mr. Aesop

Which sentence BEST tells what a fable is?

• It is a story that has a lesson.

• It is a story that has stayed the same.

• It is a story that has been told

  many times.

How were Aesop’s fables shared long ago?

• People told them to others.

• People wrote them in books.

• People acted them out in plays.

The passage says that authors retell fables.

What does the word retell mean?

• to tell with art

• to tell in a new way

• to tell to many people

How do Ed and Rebecca Emberley

change Aesop’s fable “The Ant and

the Grasshopper”?

• They write that the ant is cold.

• They tell the story with pictures.

• They give the grasshopper friends.

The passage has pictures of books. What

do these pictures of books show?

• fables made up by children

• fables that are best to read

• fables people write today

Which word means almost

the same as silly?

• wise

• nonsense

• tale

This word means something

that you learn.

• reply

• wise

• lesson

Which word means

something you say as an

answer to a question?

• tale

• wise

• reply

This word means almost

the same as story.

• tale

• lesson

• wise

Which word means almost

the same as smart?

• non-sense

• wise

• reply