“The Boy Who Cried Wolf” Quiz

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1. What is a moral?

• a song
• a story
• a lesson
• a mystery

2. Read this line from Scene 1: “Sister (stamping her foot): Stop making things up!” The stage direction stamping her foot tells you Sister is ______.

• brave
• cheerful
• excited
• upset

3. What character is the storyteller in the play?

• Aesop
• Brother
• Peter
• Sister

4. In Scenes 3 and 4, Peter yells “WOLF!" because he is ______.

• afraid
• bored
• hurt
• lonely

5. How do the villagers feel when they find out Peter did not see a wolf?

• angry
• excited
• relieved
• worried

6. Which line from the play supports the correct answer in Question 5?

• “Well, that was thrilling!”
• “Again, the villagers all come running.”
• “The sheep are all right here!”
• “But Ella and the villagers storm off.”

7. In Scene 5, what do the villagers do when Peter cries “WOLF!" the third time?

• come to help
• stay in the village
• howl and run away
• swing rakes and shovels

8. In the sentence “The sheep tremble in the bushes," what does tremble mean?

• fall
• hide
• shake
• wait

9. How are Scene 1 and Scene 7 different from the other scenes in the play? Why do you think the author made these scenes different?