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Reading for Meaning: Part 2
Read the following story and then answer the questions by clicking on the best answer.
The Fox and the Grapes
(1) One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. (2) "Just the thing to quench my thirst," said he. (3) Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. (4) Turning round again with a "One, Two, Three," he jumped up, but with no greater success. (5) Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying, "I am sure they are sour."
Sample: In this story, "to stroll" means to:
  1. soar
  2. saunter
  3. strike
  4. simmer
  1. What is the setting of this fable?
    1. a field
    2. a plain
    3. an orchard
    4. a forest
  2. When is this story happening?
    1. at night
    2. in the fall
    3. at the crack of dawn
    4. on a summer day
  3. How many times did the fox jump and make for the grapes?
    1. once
    2. twice
    3. three times
    4. a couple of times

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