Story Elements
Vocabulary
Characters
Fairy Tales
Tall Tales
100
I have exaggerations. Am I a:
A. fairytale
B. tall tales
B. Tall Tales
100
What word means an overstatement of the truth or to stretch the truth?
A. exaggeration
B. enchanted
A. exaggeration
100
Using only two hammers, I beat a steam drill in a competition to see who could cut through a mountain the fastest. Who am I?
A. Casey Jones
B. John Henry
B. John Henry
100
What fairytale is the story with the magical fish?
A. Beauty and the Beast
B. The Emperor's New Clothes
C. The Fisherman and His Wife
C. The Fisherman and His Wife
100
This tall tale had colossal pancakes.
A. John Henry
B. Paul Bunyan
B. Paul Bunyan
200
My stories start with Once Upon a Time. Am I a:
A. fairytale
B. tall tale
A. fairytale
200
A person who is well-known for doing something amazing is called:
A. Magicican
B. Legend
B. Legend
200
I am a famous logger for the frontier who, as a child, found a blue ox in the woods and called him Babe. Who am I?
A. Pecos Bill
B. Paul Bunyan
B. Paul Bunyan
200
I was tricked by swindlers who made my "clothes." What fairytale am I?
A. The Emperor's New Clothes
B. Beauty and the Beast
C. Cinderella
A. The Emperor's New Clothes
200
The main character in this tall tale tamed a twister.
A. Casey Jones
B. Pecos Bill
B. Pecos Bill
300
My main characters have extraordinary childhoods. Am I a:
A. tall tale
B. fairytale
A. tall tale
300
The unexplored parts of American, usually going West is called the:
A. Castle
B. Frontier
B. Frontier
300
As a young boy I lived with a pack of coyotes. Who am I?
A. Pecos Bill
B. Casey Jones
A. Pecos Bill
300
A tale of a girl and her ability to see past appearances (how you look).
A. Cinderella
B. Beauty and the Beast
C. Snow White
B. Beauty and the Beast
300
This tall tale had a character born with a hammer in his hand.
A. Paul Bunyan
B. John Henry
C. Casey Jones
B. John Henry
400
Something magical happens in my stories. Am I a:
A. Fairytale
B. Tall Tale
A. Fairytale
400
What does it mean to train to obey people?
A. tame
B. charming
A. Tame
400
I made sure my train was on time. I am:
A. Casey Jones
B. The Beast
C. Pecos Bill
A. Casey Jones
400
What did Beauty's father brought back from his travels?
A. A mirror
B. A book
C. A rose
C. A rose
400
This tall tale hero saved his passengers.
A. Pecos Bill
B. The Fisherman
C. Casey Jones
C. Casey Jones
500
The endings in my stories aren't always happy. Am I a:
A. Tall Tale
B. Fairytale
A. Tall Tale
500
What word means unbelievably large or great?
A. Colossal
B. Enchanted
A. Colossal
500
This is Ms. G's favorite fairy tale character:
A. Cinderella
B. Pinocchio
C. Gus Gus
C. Gus Gus
500
I knew the king's clothes weren't real. Who am I?
A. The queen
B. The little boy
C. The Prime Minister
B. The little boy
500
Why was Babe the Ox blue?
A. There was a blue snow storm
B. He rolled around in blue paint
A. There was a blue snow storm