Pre-Test

Name___________________________________
Circle the best answer for each question

1. What type of story is typically written to be funny or silly?
a. Mystery
b. Science Fiction
c. Tall Tale
d. Fantasy

2. What was the name of the person who is known for spreading apple seeds over the
Midwest during his or her travels?
a. Dr. Appleseed
b. Johnny Appleseed
c. Davy Crockett
d. Granny Smith

3. What is an inference?
a. An educated guess
b. A person, place, or thing
c. A characters action in a story
d. Asking a question

4. Bess Call, Molly Cottontail, Annie Christmas, and Sal Fink are:
a. Members of congress in the United States
b. Historical tall tale heroines
c. Characters in Bud, Not Buddy
d. Sailors from the 17
th
century

5. Which of the following people was the fictional wife of Davy Crockett?
a. Annie Christmas
b. Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind
c. Ariel
d. Elaine Alberta

6. What is used in stories to stretch the truth or represent something greater than what is
actually true?
a. Exaggerations
b. Idioms
c. Similes
d. Onomatopoeias

7. What is a hyperbole?
a. An exaggerated statement used to make a point.
b. Type of language that compares two things.
c. A historical document.
d. A piece of writing used to persuade someone.

8. Who is the giant lumberjack that is often accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox?
a. Johnny Appleseed
b. Davy Crockett
c. Paul Bunyan
d. Bigfoot

9. Which of the following statements is an example of an exaggeration?
a. I have 10 fingers and 10 toes!
b. Im so hungry that I could eat a horse!
c. My favorite color is blue!

10. Which of the following statements is a metaphor?
a. Life is one long rollercoaster!
b. He is as tall as a mountain!
c. The grass is always greener on the other side.

11. Who was Pecos Bill?
a. A sailor who fought sea monsters.
b. An American cowboy with superhuman abilities.
c. The prince from Sleeping Beauty.
d. A character from Bud, Not Buddy.

12. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, what was a popular type of tall tale?
a. A movie
b. A postcard
c. A text message
d. None of the above

Write the following story elements next to its definition

Plot Character Setting


______________: When and where the story takes place

______________: People or animals in the story

______________: Events in the story

List 5 things that you know about tall tales

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