WorksheetsFables, Folktales, Myths
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the type of writing have a moral in the end
a)
Folktales
b)
Fables
c)
Myths
d)
Theme
2.
Story that the characters can be heroes or gods
a)
Fables
b)
Folktales
c)
Myths
d)
None of the above
3.
The central idea of a story
a)
Central Idea
b)
Theme
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Myths
4.
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters
a)
myth
b)
legend
c)
fable
d)
folktale
5.
A traditional or legendary story, that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.
a)
Legend
b)
Myth
c)
Fable
6.
A story from the past about a historical person who has been exaggerated and changed
a)
myth
b)
legend
c)
fable
d)
folktale
7.
Any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition.
a)
myth
b)
legend
c)
fable
d)
folktale
8.
Greek god Poseidon who controls the world's oceans with his powerful trident
a)
myth
b)
legend
c)
fable
d)
folktale
9.
Paul Bunyan is a story about a giant lumberjack; his story told through oral tradition in US
a)
myth
b)
legend
c)
fable
d)
folktale
10.
Tortoise and the Hare (lesson: slow and steady wins the race)
a)
myth
b)
legend
c)
fable
d)
folktale
11.
Greek god Atlas holds up the sky on his shoulders (explains why earth is separated from sky)
a)
myth
b)
legend
c)
fable
d)
folktale
12.
The Lion and the Mouse (lesson: no act of kindness is ever too small)
a)
myth
b)
legend
c)
fable
d)
folktale
13.
Normally fables have _______ as characters?
a)
children
b)
bugs
c)
animals
d)
teachers
14.
Fables ____________.
a)
teach us a lesson
b)
are non-fiction stories
c)
tell a funny story
d)
show us how to draw
15.
Are Myths fiction or nonfiction?
a)
Fiction
b)
Nonfiction
16.
The Crow and the Pitcher By: Aesop
It was a sweltering, hot summer day. A crow, parched with thirst, came upon a pitcher of water. But the pitcher was only half full. The crow leaned and stretched and thrust out his beak as far as he could. No matter how hard he tried, he could not reach the water.
All of a sudden, the crow had an idea. He picked up a pebble in his beak and dropped it into the water. The water level in the pitcher rose just a tiny bit. So he dropped in another pebble, then another, then one more. The crow continued doing this for a long time. Finally the water in the pitcher had risen high enough. The crow poked in his beak and drank to his heart's content!
What is the lesson in The Crow and the Pitcher?
It was a sweltering, hot summer day. A crow, parched with thirst, came upon a pitcher of water. But the pitcher was only half full. The crow leaned and stretched and thrust out his beak as far as he could. No matter how hard he tried, he could not reach the water.
All of a sudden, the crow had an idea. He picked up a pebble in his beak and dropped it into the water. The water level in the pitcher rose just a tiny bit. So he dropped in another pebble, then another, then one more. The crow continued doing this for a long time. Finally the water in the pitcher had risen high enough. The crow poked in his beak and drank to his heart's content!
What is the lesson in The Crow and the Pitcher?
a)
Working slowly pays off in the end.
b)
Be kind to others.
c)
Respect your elders.
d)
Drink plenty of water.
17.
The Crow and the Pitcher By: Aesop
It was a sweltering, hot summer day. A crow, parched with thirst, came upon a pitcher of water. But the pitcher was only half full. The crow leaned and stretched and thrust out his beak as far as he could. No matter how hard he tried, he could not reach the water.
All of a sudden, the crow had an idea. He picked up a pebble in his beak and dropped it into the water. The water level in the pitcher rose just a tiny bit. So he dropped in another pebble, then another, then one more. The crow continued doing this for a long time. Finally the water in the pitcher had risen high enough. The crow poked in his beak and drank to his heart's content!
Which detail helped convey the lesson in this passage?
It was a sweltering, hot summer day. A crow, parched with thirst, came upon a pitcher of water. But the pitcher was only half full. The crow leaned and stretched and thrust out his beak as far as he could. No matter how hard he tried, he could not reach the water.
All of a sudden, the crow had an idea. He picked up a pebble in his beak and dropped it into the water. The water level in the pitcher rose just a tiny bit. So he dropped in another pebble, then another, then one more. The crow continued doing this for a long time. Finally the water in the pitcher had risen high enough. The crow poked in his beak and drank to his heart's content!
Which detail helped convey the lesson in this passage?
a)
"All of a sudden the crow had an idea."
b)
"The crow poked in his beak."
c)
"The crow continued doing this for a long time."
d)
"No matter how hard he tried, he could not reach the water."
18.
What kind of story is a fable?
a)
fiction
b)
non-fiction
19.
The story of Paul Bunyan is an example of a...
a)
fairy tale
b)
fable
c)
myth
d)
tall tale
20.
What is a tall tale?
a)
an exaggerated or imaginary story
b)
a true story based on facts
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