Theme Inferences Quiz

1. Once a cat was in a hurry. She ran across the street without looking. She narrowly escaped being hit by a car.

• A. Don't steal.
• B. Look both ways before crossing the street.
• C. Necessity is the mother of invention.
• D. One good turn deserves another.

2. Long ago a beautiful princess had many beautiful expensive dresses. She boasted about them all the time. The other maidens got so tired of hearing about them that they stopped being friends with her.

• F. Don't talk to strangers.
• G. Necessity is the mother of invention.
• C. Don't brag; be modest.
• D. It's better to be alone than with bad company.

3. Once there was a young boy and an old man. The young boy laughed at the tired, slow, old man. Then the young boy needed to interview a veteran for a school project. The old man was very helpful and the boy got an A+ on his paper. The boy felt bad about laughing earlier.

• A. Necessity is the mother of invention.
• B. Don't brag; be modest.
• C. Respect your elders.
• D. Slow and steady wins the race.

4. A long time ago, there was a king who wanted nothing but gold. He wished everything he touched turned to gold. A fairy made this wish come true. Then anything he tried to eat turned to gold, so he starved.

• F. United we stand; divided we fall.
• G. Don't be greedy.
• H. Don't steal.
• J. Respect your elders.

5. There were once hardworking ants and a grasshopper who hated to work. The ants gathered food all spring while the grasshopper played. When winter came, the ants had enough food, but the grasshopper had nothing to eat. Since the ants had no extra food to give, the grasshopper starved.

• A. Don't be lazy.
• B. Slow and steady wins the race.
• C. Look before you leap.
• D. Careful what you wish for.

6. A lion was about to eat a mouse when the mouse pleaded, "Let me go, someday I may help you." Laughing, the lion let the mouse go. Later, hunters caught the lion in a trap. The mouse seeing what happened, came to chew the ropes that bound the lion. The lion escaped.

• F. Respect your elders.
• G. Don't be lazy.
• H. Help others because what goes around comes around.
• J. We are all capable of improvement.

7. There once was an ugly duckling. The other ducks laughed at her, and she felt sad. However, as she developed, they saw she was not a duck at all. She was actually a swan, and she was beautiful.

• A. Look both ways before crossing the street.
• B. Don't steal.
• C. Slow and steady wins the race.
• D. We are all capable of improvement.

8. Once a frog jumped off a bridge into what he assumed was a pond. Unfortunately, it was not a pond. It was a dry ditch. There was also a raccoon in the ditch that ate him.

• F. Respect your elders.
• G. Don't steal.
• H. Look before you leap.
• J. Don't be boastful.

9. There was once a tiny fish that was tired of being in the school of fish all the time. He picked a fight with a couple of the other fish, and said, "I don't need you. I'm leaving." So he swam away, without the protection of the group and was soon eaten by a bigger fish.

• A. Slow and steady wins the race.
• B. Don't be lazy.
• C. We are all capable of improvement.
• D. United we stand, divided we fall.

10. A hare once bragged to all the animals that he could beat anyone in a race. A tortoise said, "I challenge you." So they raced. The hare ran fast and the tortoise plodded along. The hare was so confident he would win that he took a nap. The tortoise kept up his pace and won the race.

• F. Don't be lazy.
• G. Careful what you wish for.
• H. United we stand, divided we fall.
• J. Slow and steady wins the race.