Knowledge 3 Common Threads: Different Lands, Similar Stories

What does Thumbelina do when she finds the swallow?

• brings him to the mole and the field mouse

• nurses him back to health

• gives him a coat

• leaves him alone

What is one thing that is similar in the stories 'Hu Gu Po' and 'Tselane'?

• They are both set in China.

• They both have characters that use snakes to escape.

• They both have characters that are tricked and carried away in a sack.

• They are both about a tiger.

What is something that would give many people a fright?

• a large spider

• clouds

• flowers

• a kitten

Which choice shows a good deed?

• taking something that belongs to someone else

• helping others clean up toys

• writing your name

• interrupting others when they are talking

What is something that happens in the story “Little Red Riding Hood”?

• Little Red Riding Hood meets a friendly wolf that is kind to her and her grandmother.

• Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother gives her a dress.

• Little Red Riding Hood follows her mother’s instructions and stays on the path.

• Little Red Riding Hood goes to visit her grandmother.

What is the setting of a story?

• the sequence of events

• a lesson that is taught by the story

• where and when the story takes place

• the people and animals featured in a story

What is a similarity between the stories “Cinderella” and “Billy Beg”?

• Both have characters that leave a shoe behind.

• Both stories are set in Ireland.

• Cinderella and Billy Beg both have two stepsisters.

• Both have characters that fought a dragon.

What is something that Little Red Riding Hood cherished?

• the wolf

• a cloak with a red velvet hood

• glass slippers

• a swallow

What country is "Issun Boshi" set in?

• The United States

• Germany

• Botswana

• Japan

What is the word for a story that people have told to each other again and again for a long time?

• fiction

• folktale

• nonfiction

• informational