WorksheetsPausing Point FABLES
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a short tale that teaches a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters?
a)
myth
b)
legend
c)
fable
d)
folktale
2.
What kind of story is a fable?
a)
fiction
b)
non-fiction
3.
Fables ____________.
a)
teach us a lesson
b)
are non-fiction stories
c)
tell a funny story
d)
show us how to draw
4.
Normally fables have _______ as characters?
a)
children
b)
bugs
c)
animals
d)
teachers
5.
What is the name of the man most famous for creating fables?
a)
Allen
b)
Aesop
c)
Atwood
d)
Cynthia Rylant
6.
Something that is not true or made up.
a)
Fable
b)
Character
c)
Fiction
d)
Setting
7.
What is the moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
a)
Don't be greedy
b)
Work hard and plan ahead.
c)
When,you are know to tell lies, people won't believe you.
8.
Fables have animals acting like
a)
pineapples
b)
dancing cupboards
c)
they are objects
d)
humans
9.
In this fable, a shepherd boy gets bored tending the sheep and decides to cry “wolf” when there really isn’t a wolf.
a)
b)
c)
10.
The moral of this fable is “Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched; or don’t count on having everything turn out exactly as you plan, because you may be disappointed.
a)
b)
c)
11.
.In this fable, a farmer learns a lesson about not being greedy
a)
b)
c)
12.
In this fable, an animal character is stingy and refuses to budge so others can eat.
a)
b)
c)
13.
In this fable, an animal character gets sold at the market because of his disguise.
a)
b)
c)
14.
The phrase “sour grapes” comes from this fable.
a)
b)
c)
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