The Enormous Turnip

What is the GENRE of The Enormous Turnip? Mark ALL the correct answers there are 3 of them!!!!

• Non Fiction

• Folktale

• Fantasy

• Fiction

How big was the turnip?

• As big as a school bus

• So big it was bigger than the house

• So big it blocked out the sunlight

• As big as the farmer's head

What was the farmer's problem in the story?

• He ate too much turnip.

• His cat ate the turnip.

• The turnip was so big he couldn't pull it out of the ground.

• The turnip was so big his house fell down.

Who did the farmer depend on in the story? Pick the MOST correct answer.

• His family and the other villagers

• His cat

• His family

• The other villagers

What does "many hands make light work" mean?

• You can turn on the lights with extra hands.

• Spiders work the best.

• You don't have to work if other people do it for you.

• People working together makes work easier.

How did the farmer solve his problem?

• He used a truck to pull the turnip out.

• His cat pulled the turnip out.

• His wife pulled the turnip out.

• The farmer's family and the villagers made a chain and pulled it out.

Who chopped up the turnip?

• The farmer

• The cat

• The farmer's wife

• The villagers

What did the farmer do with the turnip?

• Fed it to the cat

• Sold it at the store

• Made soup and ate all of it himself

• Made soup and shared it with everyone

The MORAL, or lesson, of this folktale is:

• Sometimes working together gets you a reward.

• Turnips are a problem.

• Making soup is fun.

• Villagers love soup

The farmer hurried outside to harvest the turnip. He pulled and tugged but the turnip would not come out of the ground. What do you think harvest means?

• To plant a turnip

• To sell a turnip

• To eat a turnip

• To get turnips from the ground