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Sayings We Share: Proverbs and Fables
Sayings We Share: Proverbs and Fables
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Proverbs from around the world may use different words, but many of the _____ are the same.
stories
locations
ideas
sentences
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What is the meaning of "he who lays down with dogs shall rise with fleas"?
The dogs are looking for their pet fleas.
It is difficult to raise a family of fleas.
A sleeping cat cannot catch the rat.
A person is known by the company he keeps.
3
Kim is an old and _______ friend whom I can always rely on.
faithful
generation
summoned
persistently
4
If you work _________, you will obtain your goal.
persistently
generation
summoned
fortunate
5
"Slow and steady wins the race" is the moral for the fable ________.
The Hare and the Tortoise
American Fable
Two Mice
French Fable
6
The holiday lights _____ the whole town.
illuminated
persistently
faithful
fortunate
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We are _______ that we have good health.
generation
summoned
fortunate
faithful
8
Arnold Lobel uses the tale of the rooster tot each that in order to succeed, you _________.
must be grown up
must yell loudly
may fail at first
need sunshine
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The moral of the story is the ______ that the story teaches.
lesson
tradition
expression
generation
10
Mrs. Rose came quickly when she was _________ to the office.
fortunate
illuminated
faithful
summoned
11
The lazy mouse goes hungry because she _______.
played when she should have worked
had a hard time finding snakeskin at night
doesn't understand how to gather beans
didn't run for help in time
12
According to the selection, you learn much about life from ________.
characters in books
brothers and sisters
teachers and coaches
older family members
13
This selection is most like a _________.
magazine article
biography
journal entry
news story
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Aesop's fables were written ________.
about the future
in Spanish
over 2,000 years ago
in present times
15
Which American saying is similar, "Even with two hands, one cannot catch two fish at one time"?
Don't spread yourself too thin.
As a crab walks, so walks its children.
One today is worth a thousand tomorrows.
Silence is golden.
16
My grandmother has very modern ideas for someone from another ____________.
fortunate
summoned
illuminated
generation
17
Oral traditions are usually stories or sayings that different cultures _______.
use to teach their young about art
require the young to memorize
pass down from generation to generation
say each year at holiday time
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Another name for "common sayings" is ______.
fairy tales
rhymes
fables
proverbs