Fables Review!

What is the central message of the story?

• Greed will never bring you happiness.
• Don't forget even the smallest friend is worthwhile.

• Family is the most important part of life.
• Be sure to always tell the truth at all times.

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

What happens first in the story?

• The lion heard the mouse and woke up.
• The mouse saves the lion.
• The mouse ran across the lion waking him up.
• The lion traps the mouse.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

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CCSS.RL.4.6

What is the best recounting of the ending?

• The mouse chews on the net and frees the lion.
• The lion gets trapped.
• The mouse knows she helped her friend.
• The lion runs into the forest.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

What is the best description of the problem the mouse has in the beginning of the fable?

• The lion is trapped.
• The mouse wants to get to the berry bushes.
• The mouse makes a friend.
• The mouse is trapped because she wakes up the lion.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Which detail could you leave out when recounting this story?

• The mouse runs across the lion, waking him up.
• The lion lets the mouse go because she made him laugh.
• The lion had excellent hearing.
• The mouse saves the lion's life, just like he saved hers.

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Reread the following sentence from paragraph 6:

The lion was so amused at the idea of the little mouse being able to help the King of Beasts that he lifted up his paw and let her go.

What are ALL of the nouns in this sentence?

• lion, idea, mouse, king, beasts, paw

• lion, amused, mouse, paw

• idea, amused, king, paw

• mouse, lion

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.3.2

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Which sentence from the story helps the reader determine the central message of the story?

• "'You have helped me,' said the little mouse, 'and now I have returned the favor.'"

• "The lion was so amused at the idea of the little mouse being able to help the King of Beasts that he lifted up his paw and let her go."

• "Cheer up, Mr. Lion. Be quiet and I will set you free."

• "If you will let me go perhaps I can do something for you sometime."

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CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

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CCSS.RL.5.9

In the story, what happen right AFTER the lion gets trapped by the hunters?

• The mouse frees the lion by chewing a hole in the net.
• The lion gets freed from the net.
• The hunters take the lion.
• The mouse hears the lion roar and goes to help him.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.3.10

CCSS.RL.3.6

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.4.6

Why does the lion let the mouse go?

• He wants a new friend.
• He decides he isn't hunrgy.
• The mouse made him laugh.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Who were the main characters in this story?

• The lion and the mouse

• The lion and the hunters

• The mouse and the hunters

• The hunters

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CCSS.RL.3.9

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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