Tall Tales

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We have read a number of tall tales together and have talked about what makes them different from other kinds of stories. Use what you know about tall tales and their characters to answer each question below.

  1. "Her hair was so long that she tripped over it when she walked" is an example of
  2. Your answer:
    a simile
    an exaggeration
    a poem
    a noun


  3. The character who is known to have put a lasso around a cyclone is
  4. Your answer:
    Pecos Bill
    Annie Christmas
    Paul Bunyan
    Sal Fink


  5. Which item would most likely have been found with Paul Bunyan?
  6. Your answer:
    ox
    hammer
    apple
    umbrella


  7. Most tall tales were started by
  8. Your answer:
    watching them on television
    writing them on stone
    dreaming the ideas
    word of mouth


  9. Tall tales have been told
  10. Your answer:
    only in the United States
    in New York and California
    only in other countries
    around the world


  11. The word "fathom" was used in Old Stormalong. What does this word mean?
  12. Your answer:
    to sail very far
    a large bird
    a unit of measurement
    big muscles


  13. Many of the characters in tall tales were
  14. Your answer:
    cartoon characters
    real people
    singers
    animals


  15. Which two tall tale characters had an adventure together?
  16. Your answer:
    Johnny Appleseed and Annie Christmas
    Old Stormalong and Paul Bunyan
    Pecos Bill and Slue-Foot Sue
    Sal Finnk and Old Stormalong


  17. Which is true about most tall tale characters?
  18. 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


  19. Sal Fink is known for
  20. Your answer:
    making the Grand Canyon
    planting seeds in many states
    sliding down a waterfall
    riding an alligator



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