1) A story with magical characters in imaginary lands. Often the characters are given help in magical ways. a) Fairy Tale b) Fable c) Myth d) Legend e) Tall Tale 2) A short story with a clear moral, often involving talking animals. There is a lesson to be learned from the story. a) Fairy Tale b) Fable c) Myth d) Legend e) Tall Tale 3) A story that tries to explain natural phenomena. The story often involves gods/goddesses. a) Fairy Tale b) Fable c) Myth d) Legend e) Tall Tale 4) A story that is based on real heroes, villains, or events in history. The story usually includes made up elements, making it hard to tell fact from fiction. a) Fairy Tale b) Fable c) Myth d) Legend e) Tall Tale 5) Stories based on real people but with clearly unbelievable exaggerated details, often meant to be funny. a) Fairy Tale b) Fable c) Myth d) Legend e) Tall Tale 6) Pecos Bill was the strongest and bravest cowboy in Texas. He had ridden every bull in the state. He wanted more of a challenge, so he climbed on a tornado. This tornado was spinning so fast it made the Earth dizzy, but Pecos Bill held on tight. The tornado eventually got tired of spinning and started to rain instead. Bill jumped off just in time. a) Fairy Tale b) Fable c) Myth d) Legend e) Tall Tale 7) Robin Hood was a skilled archer that lived in Nottingham. He and a group of men he led, called the Merry Men, used their skills to help poor people. They would hide in the forest dressed in green. When a rich man came by in a carriage, they would surround him and steal his gold. Then, they would give that gold to the poor. a) Fairy Tale b) Fable c) Myth d) Legend e) Tall Tale 8) When the goddess Hine-nui-te-pow saw how beautiful parts of New Zealand were, she wanted to protect the land. To keep people from ruining this beautiful area, she sent sandflies. The sandflies would ferociously bite any human that stayed in the area for too long. a) Fairy Tale b) Fable c) Myth d) Legend e) Tall Tale 9) An ant had fallen in the water and was about to drown. A dove saw the ant struggling and tossed him a leaf. The ant climbed on the leaf and was saved. Later, the ant saw a man getting ready to kill the same dove that had tossed the leaf. The ant wanted to help, so he distracted the man by biting his leg. The dove flew away. a) Fairy Tale b) Fable c) Myth d) Legend e) Tall Tale 10) There was a woman who lived all alone. She was lonely and wished for a child. One day, she met an old lady. The old lady gave her a magic seed to plant and to water with love. The woman took good care of the seed, and eventually a flower grew. When the petals opened, the woman found a girl the size of a thumb. The woman named her Thumbelina. a) Fairy Tale b) Fable c) Myth d) Legend e) Tall Tale

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