Aesop's Fables
Issun Boshi
Jack and the Beanstalk
Pinocchio
Rapunzel
100
Why did the boy cry wolf?
He was lonely and wanted a little company.
100
What does Issun Boshi's name mean?
It means One-Inch Boy.
100
What was the name of Jack's cow?
Milky-white
100
What is the name of the Italian woodcarver?
Geppetto
100
What did the wife want from the witch's garden?
She wanted some leaves of rapunzel that were growing there.
200
What fruit did the fox try to get?
Grapes
200
How did Issun Boshi travel down the river?
In a rice bowl using chopsticks as a paddle.
200
What did Jack sell his cow for?
He sold the cow for five very strange-looking beans.
200
What happened as soon as Pinocchio's legs and feet were finished?
Pinocchio ran away.
200
What was the deal that the evil witch made with the husband?
He could keep the rapunzel if he promised to give her his first child.
300
Where did the dog like to sleep on hot days?
In the barn in a manger.
300
What did Issun Boshi and the princess meet on the road?
An oni monster!
300
Why were the magic beans special?
If you planted them at night, they would grow right up to the sky by the morning.
300
What did the cricket in the field tell Pinocchio?
Bad boys who run away and disobey their parents will never be happy.
300
What did the witch have to call out to be let into the tower?
Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your hair!
400
What is the moral of, "The Maid and the Milk Pail?"
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
400
What did they find after the oni monster ran away?
They found the oni monster's magic hammer.
400
Where did the wife hide Jack when the giant came?
She hid him in the oven.
400
Why did Pinocchio decide to go back home?
He became hungry.
400
Who heard Rapunzel singing one day as he was passing by?
The king's son
500
What did the wolf wear to trick the sheep?
A sheep's skin
500
What was Issun Boshi's wish at the end of the story?
To be as tall as other men.
500
What two things did Jack steal from the giant the second time he was in the house?
He stole the hen and the golden harp.
500
What did the sleepy man do to Pinocchio when he asked for food?
The sleepy man threw a bucket of ice-cold water in Pinocchio's face.
500
How was the prince's blindness cured?
When Rapunzel's tears touched his eyes, he could see again.
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