WorksheetsThe Fox and the Apple Tree
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
Read lines 2 and 3 from the play.
STORK: Well, what do we have here? Hungry for an apple, are you?
FOX: (pointing his cane at the STORK) You there, stay away! This is my tree, and those are my apples. I saw them first!
Which statement best describes the character's behavior?
The stork mocks the fox, but the fox seems generous.
The stork admires the fox, and the fox feels he is important.
The stork is suspicious of the fox, and the fox defends himself.
The stork acts playful toward the fox, but the fox acts unfriendly.
To get help from the stork, the fox needs to--
seek his aid in a nice manner
stop biting and attacking him
stop making fun of how he looks
give him some apples as a reward
The fox thinks the toads are---
witty creatures who are quite clever
mysterious loners he should not trust
nasty beasts who are not very elegant
hardworking animals he should respect
Why is the fox unwilling to share the apples?
He believes they are rotten.
He only cares about what he wants.
He does not think others will like them.
He does not think there are enough for everyone.
The fox can best be described as --
clumsy, because he cannot climb the apple tree
mean, because he would rather have other friends
proud, because he thinks he is better than everyone else
intelligent, because he does not need to rely on the others
Read line 26 from the play.
(The STORK reaches up and plucks an apple for himself, and the TOADS both jump into the tree and begin eating apples. Then the STORK pauses.)
Which meaning of plucks is used in these lines?
flicks
jerks
removes
steals
Read the sentence from line 27 of the play.
STORK: Perhaps we should take a lesson from him and practice what we preach.
The words "practice what we preach" suggest that the stork and toads should---
learn to be more like the fox
try to listen when others speak
act the way they advise others to act
perform a speech they have written for the fox
The reader learns something about the character's lives based on---
their homes
the clothes they wear
their speeches about their families
the descriptions in the stage directions
Read line 31 from the play.
(And so the three agreed to learn from the FOX's mistakes and show trust and kindness, even when there was no promise that it would be shown back to them.)
Which detail from the play supports this lesson?
The stork placing an apple on a flat stone.
The stork and the toads listening to the fox.
The fox apologizing for leaving the apple tree.
The stork and the toads eating apples together.
