- "Her hair was so long that she tripped over it when she walked" is an example of
Your answer:
a simile
an exaggeration
a poem
a noun
- The character who is known to have put a lasso around a cyclone is
Your answer:
Pecos Bill
Annie Christmas
Paul Bunyan
Sal Fink
- Which item would most likely have been found with Paul Bunyan?
Your answer:
ox
hammer
apple
umbrella
- Most tall tales were started by
Your answer:
watching them on television
writing them on stone
dreaming the ideas
word of mouth
- Tall tales have been told
Your answer:
only in the United States
in New York and California
only in other countries
around the world
- The word "fathom" was used in Old Stormalong. What does this word mean?
Your answer:
to sail very far
a large bird
a unit of measurement
big muscles
- Many of the characters in tall tales were
Your answer:
cartoon characters
real people
singers
animals
- Which two tall tale characters had an adventure together?
Your answer:
Johnny Appleseed and Annie Christmas
Old Stormalong and Paul Bunyan
Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue
Sal Finnk and Old Stormalong
- Which is true about most tall tale characters?
Your answer:
something amazing happened when they were born
they are still alive today
no one knows about them
they traveled to the sky and back again
- Sal Fink is known for
Your answer:
making the Grand Canyon
planting seeds in many states
sliding down a waterfall
riding an alligator