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7. You can guess that Aesop
a. liked to be a slave
b. was an honest man

c. liked to travel from city to city
d. lived a long time ago

8. Which of these is an opinion?

a. Aesop’s stories were not written down until after his death.
b. Aesop was freed from slavery.
c. Aesop told stories about animals.
d. Aesop was an unhappy man.

9. The story of Aesop was written to
a. give the reader an idea of his life
b. give the reader an idea of his stories
c. inform the reader of how brilliant he was

d. inform the reader of how his stories were written

10. The words word of mouth tell you
a. a person is communicating verbally

b. a person has a large vocabulary
c. a person has the ability to speak effectively
d. a person who uses a lot of bad language

True or False

Check “T” for true and “F” for false.

1. Aesop was the most brilliant man of his time.
T F
2. Aesop died by being thrown off a cliff. T F

3. Aesop loved to tell stories of animals that acted like T F

humans.

4. Aesop was a slave on the island of Samos. T F

5. Aesop’s stories were not written until long after he T F

died.

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