The Lion and the Mouse
"A Lion lay asleep in the _____, his great head resting on his paws."
a) field
b) forest
c) yard
b) forest
The egg was "all yellow and glittering." This is an example of:
a) irony
b) characterization
c) imagery
c) imagery
"A father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselves." Quarreling means:
a) competing
b) fighting
c) exhorting
b) fighting
"One bright morning in late autumn, a family of Ants was bustling about in the warm sun." Which season is Autumn?
a) winter
b) spring
c) summer
d) Fall
d) Fall
In which story were the characters "busting about in the warm sun"?
a) The Lion and the Mouse
b) The Ants and the Grasshoppers
c) The Goose with the Golden Egg
b) The Ants and the Grasshoppers
"In her fright and haste to get away," the mouse DID THIS to the lion.
a) ran across his nose
b) begged him to spare his life
c) trapped him in a net
a) ran across his nose
This character changes in the story.
a) the countryman
b) the goose
c) the golden egg
a) the countryman
"He placed the bundle into the hands of each of them in succession...". Bundle means:
a) together in a bunch
b) separated one by one
c) an extremely large bubble
a) together in a bunch
The Ants were "drying out the grain they had stored up during the summer." "Stored up" means:
a) bought in a store
b) saved up
c) used up
b) saved up
In which story was a promise made and kept?
a) The Ants and the Grasshopper
b) The Bundle of Sticks
c) The Lion and the Mouse
d) The goose with the Golden Egg
c) The Lion and the Mouse
This statement "amused" the Lion.
a) "Spare me!"
b) "Some day I will surely repay you."
c) "Now you see that even a mouse can help a lion."
b) "Some day I will surely repay you."
This is NOT TRUE about the countryman.
a) He was suspicious of the golden egg.
b) He grew rich and greedy.
c) He regretted killing the goose.
c) He regretted killing the goose.
"He placed the bundle into the hands of each of them in succession...". Succession means:
a) together
b) in order
c) one after the other
c) one after the other
"The Grasshopper... came up and humbly begged [the Ants] for a bit to eat." Humbly means:
a) without respect
b) with wisdom
c) without pride
c) without pride
This story is completely tragic. In the end, there's "nothing" left that is good.
a) The Lion and the Mouse
b) The goose with the Golden Egg
c) The Bundle of Sticks
d) The Ants and the Grasshopper
b) The goose with the Golden Egg
This DID NOT happen to the Lion.
a) He got caught in a net
b) He was napping in the forest
c) He stalked the hunter
c) He stalked the hunter
In this story, both characters lost everything.
a) True
b) False
a) True
"If you are divided among yourselves, you will be broken as easily as these sticks."
a) allusion
b) simile
c) personification
b) simile
"I didn't have time to store up any food," whined the Grasshopper, "I was so busy making music...". Whined means:
a) complained
b) explained
c) quarreled
a) complained
Which is NOT a WISE character?
a) The father in "The Bundle of Sticks"
b) The Lion in "The Lion and the Mouse"
c) The Grasshopper in "The Ants and the Grasshopper
c) The Grasshopper in "The Ants and the Grasshopper
A promise is a debt unpaid is:
a) a valid central idea for The Lion and the Mouse
b) a good writing strategy for The And and the Grasshopper
c) an allusion to the story Little Thing
) a valid central idea for The Lion and the Mouse
The central idea of the story is about:
a) gratitude
b) avarice
c) wealth
b) avarice
"My sons, if you are of one mind, and unite to assist each other, you will be as this bundle..."
The central idea of this story is about:
a) assistance
b) togetherness
c) selfishness
b) togetherness
"There is a time for work and a time for play," illustrates a central idea about:
a) time
b) priority
c) work
b) priority
These 2 characters are most similar
a) The Mouse and the Ants
b) The father and the Goose
c) Lion and the sons
d) The Grasshopper and the Countryman
d) The Grasshopper and the Countryman