Name: ______________________________________

Fairy Tale Pre-test

Directions: Circle the letter next to the correct answer.

1. Most fairytales start with…

A. Long, long ago

B. Once upon a time

C. Once in a dream

2. What types of characters are in fairy tales?

A. Only good characters that are always nice to everyone

B. Good characters and evil characters

C. Only evil characters that are mean to others

3. What fairy tale has a wolf as the main villain?

A. Cinderella

B. Little Red Riding Hood

C. The Musicians of Bremen

D. Rapunzel

4. Why are there different versions of fairy tales?

A. Different cultures and countries tell stories differently

B. People demanded there always be more than one version of a story

C. Authors decided that just one version of a story wasn’t enough

 5. In the story of Little Red Riding Hood read aloud in class, the grandmother’s cottage

was in the ____________.

A. desert

B. city

C. woods

6. Where a story takes place is called the ________________.

A. Plot

B. Setting

C. Conflict

Directions: Read the sentence. If the sentence is true, circle the word true. If the sentence is
not true, circle the word false.

7. Fairytales often end with the characters living happily ever after.

A. True

B. False

8. There is never any magic in fairy tales.

A. True

B. False

9. There is usually people of royalty in fairy tales.

A. True

B. False

10. Fairy tales can help teach us important lessons.

A. True

B. False
11. Most fairy tales do not take place in a far-off land.

A. True

B. False

12. In most fairy tales, the main problem or conflict occurs between a villain who is evil and a
main character who is good.

A. True

B. False

Directions: use the word bank to help you fill in the blanks below. Not all of the words will be
used.

Royalty Villain Magic Cinderella Little Red Riding Hood

13. An example of _______________________________________ in a fairytale is when

a fairy godmother turned six rats into horses to pull a carriage.

14. In the fairy tale _____________________________________ a girl loses her glass

slipper.

15. A person who lives in a castle, is very rich, and wears a crown is called

__________________________________.

16. A character who is evil is known as a ___________________________________.