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The Monkey and the Crocodile
1. Paragraph 1 tells you mainly,
O Why the animals lived by the river.
O Who lived near the river.
O Why the mother crocodile liked hearts.
2. On the island were trees filled with ripe fruit. What is the meaning of the underlined word?
O ready to be cooked.
O ready to be harvested.
O ready to be boiled.
3. Number the story in its correct sequence of events.
____ The monkey jumped onto the crocodile’s back.
____ A family of monkeys lived in a tree by a riverbank.
____ The crocodile thought of a plan.
____ The monkey and his family moved to a new tree far away.
4. Which word could describe the monkey’s character?
O Thoughtful
O Clever
O Fast
5. Monkey learned a very valuable lesson at the end of the fable. What lesson does not apply to this fable?
O Force is better than being wise.
O You need to be quick as a monkey.
O Being wise is better than force.
Pohlert 2009
Folktales and Fables