1. Pourquoi Stories, Myths
2. Fables
3. Fairy Tales
4. Modern Fairy tales and Fantasy
Where is the Folktale From
100
Telling stories out loud is still an important part of indigenous cultures.
A. Yes B. No
A. Yes
100
A fable is a short story the teaches a lesson or moral.
A. Yes
B. No
A. Yes
100
Fairy tales often begin with these words
A. In a dark forest
B. They lived happily ever after
C. Once upon a time
C. Once upon a time
100
Reading fairy tales and fantasies helps build your
A. muscles
B. teeth
C. imagination
C. imagination
100
What continent is The Lazy Man From?
Africa
200
Pourquoi stories tell why or how something is the way it is. Is How the Porcupine got its quills a pourquoi story?
A. Yes
B. No
Yes.
200
Characters in fables are often
A. talking animals
B. talking toys
C. talking food
B. talking animals
200
Fairy tales usually have a sad ending.
A. Yes
B. No
B. No
200
Modern fairy tales were written by
A. a fairy
B. a magic pen
C. one author
C. one author
200
What continent is The Hidden Feast from?
South America
300
Pourquoi stories explain something.
What does pourquoi mean in French?
A. sun
B. why
C. book
B. Why
300
Many fables were said to be written a long time ago by
A. a guy named Joe
B. a fox named Sly
C. an ancient Greek named Aesop
C. an ancient Greek named Aesop
300
Which numbers are common in fairytales?
A. 3 and 7
B. 10 and 15
C. 4 and 5
A. 3 and 7
300
In the Wizard of Oz, how did Dorothy get from her home in Kansas to the land of Oz?
A. she drove
B. her house got lifted up and moved by a tornado
C. the munchkins carried her
B. her house got lifted up and moved by a tornado
300
What continent is The Tree of Blossoms from?
Asia
400
In the story about the Chinese zodiac, the order of the animals was chosen by
A. playing scissors, rock, paper
B. drawing names
C. a race
C. a race
400
"Don't cry wolf" means don't
A. cry
B. lie
C. shout
B. lie
400
Mythological creatures are characters like
A. Insects
B. fairies and dragons
C. teddy bears
B. fairies and dragons
400
What is different about the Paper Bag Princess written by Robert Munsch?
A. The princess rescues the prince.
B. The dragon breathed rainbows instead of fire.
C. The fairies are bad characters.
A. The princess rescues the prince.
400
What continent do most of our folktales come from?
Europe
500
In the Greek myth, when Pandora opened the box, bad things like diseases came out. What else was in the box?
A. a rainbow
B. hope
C. a sandwich
B. hope
500
What is the moral of the Little Red Hen?
A. don't brag
B. help out
C. be kind
B. help out
500
A transformation (big change) in a fairy tale could be something like
A. a frog turns into a prince
B. a bird flies away
C. an animal talks
A. a frog turns into a prince
500
In the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the White Witch made it always
A. spring
B. summer
C. winter
C. winter
500
What continent does Why Koala Has a Stumpy Tail come from?
Australia