Fables Unit Quiz

In the story, "The Three Little Pigs", what was the lesson or Central Message?

• a. Hard work pays off.

• b. It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

• c. It’s easy to despise what you can’t have.

What is the moral of "The Ants and the Grasshopper"?

• a. Slow and steady wins the race.

• b. It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

• c. It’s easy to despise what you can’t have.

In the story, "Red Riding Hood", what was the lesson or Central Message?

• a. Slow and steady wins the race.

• b. Be wary of strangers.

• c. It’s easy to despise what you can’t have.

What is the moral of "The Tortoise and the Hare"?

• a. Slow and steady wins the race.

• b. It is best to prepare for the days of necessity.

• c. It’s easy to despise what you can’t have.

In the story, "The Three Little Pigs", why did the author repeat the words, “Little pig, little pig, let me in”, “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in”, and “Not by the hair of my chinny, chin, chin”?

• a. Because repetition is a part of folktales and helps the storyteller remember it so they can better retell it.

• b. Because it sounds good.

• c. Because they are all rhyming words.

What did the ants think happened in the story, "The Ants and the Grasshopper"?

• a. The ants thought the grasshopper played great music.

• c. The ants thought the grasshopper was a good friend.

• c. The ants thought the grasshopper was lazy and didn’t prepare for winter.

What did the grasshopper think happened in the story, "The Ants and the Grasshopper"?

• a. He thought he was just enjoying summer and playing beautiful music for the ants.

• b. He thought he was being lazy because he didn’t prepare for winter.

• c. He thought it was always summer.

What is the problem in the stories, “Red Riding Hood” and “Lon Po Po”?

• a. A wolf is walking through the forest.

• b. A wolf is dressed up like a person.

• c. A wolf wants to eat the characters.

How is the problem solved in the story, “Lon Po Po”?

• a. A hunter cuts the girl and her grandmother out of the wolf’s stomach.

• b. The oldest sister devises a plan to pull the wolf in a basket up a very tall Gingko tree and then drops him.

• c. The mother comes home.

How is the problem solved in the story, “Red Riding Hood”?

• a. The mother comes home.

• b. The oldest sister devises a plan to pull the wolf in a basket up a very tall Gingko tree and then drops him.

• c. A hunter cuts the girl and her grandmother out of the wolf’s stomach.