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La tortuga y la liebre

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a fable?

a)

A short story, with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

b)

A novel

c)

A store about the world

d)

A fictitious tale with a lot of human characters

2.

What is a moral?

a)

A fact

b)

A lesson

c)

An opinion

d)

A direction

3.

What was the moral of the fable, The turtle and the hare?

a)

Big things come in a small package

b)

The hare is always the winner

c)

Slow and steady wins the race

d)

Don't nap during races

4.

In the fable, how did the turtle treat the hare at the beginning?

a)

Was nice

b)

Was bored

c)

Make fun

d)

Do nothing

5.

What causes the turtle to win the race?

a)

Hare stops many times along the way and the turtle never stops

b)

Hare gets lost during the race

c)

Hare give up

d)

The turtle snap during the race

6.

Why does hare stop for snack and snap?

a)

He was tired

b)

He needs to rest before finishing the race

c)

He thinks he is far ahead of the turtle

d)

He has a broke leg

7.

How would you describe the hare?

a)

Hard working

b)

Nice and caring

c)

Boastful and mean

d)

Winner

8.

How would you describe the turtle?

a)

Slow and mean

b)

Proud and funny

c)

Hard working

d)

Blue

9.

Where was the setting of the story?

a)

The ocean

b)

The forest

c)

The desert

d)

The river

10.

Why is good to take you time when doing things?

a)

So you do it slowly

b)

So you do it wrong

c)

So you do it right

d)

So you do it quick

11.

The hare laid down to take a snap, what can you infer about him?

a)

He was bored

b)

He was tired

c)

He just like to sleep

d)

He feels superior

12.

Which character traits does Turtle show when she challenges Hare to a race?

a)

Determination and confidence

b)

Boastfulness and pride

c)

Foolishness and carelessness

d)

Anger and lack of control

13.

How does Hare end up so far behind Turtle?

a)

He is slower than Tortoise.

b)

He decides to run backward the whole way to make the race more fair.

c)

A family of deer keeps Hare distracted for hours.

d)

He stops to eat and takes a long nap in the shade.

14.

At the end of the race, you can infer that the hare feels?

a)

Happy

b)

Shy

c)

Ashamed

d)

Worried

15.

Who did the hare make fun of?

a)

Turtle

b)

Fox

c)

Bird

d)

Dog

16.

Who did they choose to mark the arrival line?

a)

A human

b)

Hare's mom

c)

Fox

d)

Cat

17.

What did the turtle and the hare decide to do?

a)

A poem

b)

A race

c)

A test

d)

A house

18.

What was the fox like?

a)

Rude and sad

b)

Wise and fair

c)

Foolish and unfair

d)

Powerful and handsome

19.

When did the turtle leave?

a)

Immediately

b)

2 hours later

c)

5 minutes before

d)

After the hare

20.

What is the main idea transmitted to us by the author of this fable?

a)

The turtle won the hare the race they had bet.

b)

We have to fight against laziness and comfort if we want to achieve something.

c)

They chose the fox as judge of the race because these animals have a reputation as wise.

d)

The turtle did not waste time and the hare began to do nonsense.

21.

How many animals appear in this reading?

a)

3

b)

8

c)

7

d)

2

22.

The fox says a lesson at the end of the fable...

a)

Races are won with determination

b)

The turtle is the winner

c)

The hare lost because he naps

d)

We are friends

23.

How we can begin to be more like the turtle?

a)

Don't be overconfident, careless and lax

b)

Don't take things for granted

c)

First identify your strengths and then change the playing field to suit your strengths.

d)

Never give up when faced with failure