3rd Grade Measuring Up Unit 17 Assessment questions

Since this story is a folktale, the reader knows the story --

• includes supernatural characters

• includes magic spells or creatures

• has been passed down over time

• has events that really happened

Which is a key idea from paragraph 2?

• The fox refuses to visit farms.

• The fox does not understand people.

• The fox thinks that people are boring.

• The fox prefers to learn about nature.

In the story, which of the following events happens first?

• The fox sees the farmer planting wheat.

• The farmer harvests his crop from the field.

• The fox decides to see what humans are like.

• The farmer's wife makes fresh bread from dough.

What is the message of the story?

• Foxes are not actually clever.

• Hard work can be very rewarding.

• Sharing rumors will make you look foolish.

• Do not judge people you don't understand.

Which quote best supports the theme of the story?

• It wasn't that far from the meadow, and he wanted to learn about people.

• People must live in the meadows, too, he thought.

• Soon the farmer and his wife were enjoying fresh, warm bread.

• As his mouth watered, the fox finally understood just how wise the farmer really was.

Paragraph 12 shows the reader that the fox --

• wants to understand the farmer

• is correct that the farmer is foolish

• is going to steal the farmer's bread

• wants to prove how silly humans are

What is the best summary of paragraph 4?

• The fox learns that people live on farms.

• The fox thinks that the farm looks like meadows.

• The fox travels to the farm from his meadow.

• The fox sees the farm and decided that humans are just like foxes.

Which of the following stories would have the same theme as this folktale?

• A mouse spends too much time admiring his reflection in a pond and is caught by a cat.

• Two children become lost in the woods and have to work together to find their way home.

• A squirrel thinks her neighbor is silly for saving food for the winter, but changes her mind when winter comes.

• Three baby elephants are picked on by the other animals, but when they grow up, they protect the animals from a lion.

In folktales, the characters often teach things to each other. What is a lesson in this story that the farmer could teach the fox?

• How to use the resources provided by nature.

• Why living inside a house is more comfortable.

• How to identify different consellations.

• Why it is important to work together with other people.

What is the author's purpose of this story?

• To demonstrate how wild animals think

• To show readers why they should work hard

• To explain how foxes first learned to visit farms

• To teach readers to wait before saying someone is foolish