A Treasury of Literary Classics -
Fairy Tales Series

Instruction:

    Read the story and answer the following questions.

Little Red Riding Hood

By Charles Perrault

Charles Perrault (12 January, 1628 - 16 May, 1703) was a French author who wrote a lot of famous tales, including "Le Petit Chaperon Rouge" ("Little Red Riding Hood"), "Cendrillon" ("Cinderella") and "La Belle au bois Dormant" ("The Sleeping Beauty"). Some of his works influenced the German versions published by the Brothers Grimm more than 100 years later. Many of his stories have been widely adapted to theatre, opera, ballets and films.

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1. Why did people call the girl "Little Red Riding Hood"?

A. She liked red clothes very much when she was very young.
B. She was small and like her family members, she had red hair.
C. She was the smallest in the family, who liked red clothes.
D. She would never wear anything else once she had the red cape with a hood.

Your answer:

Read paragraph 1.

"Once her grandmother gave her a red cape with a hood. It looked so well on her that the little girl wore it all the time, and she therefore came to be known as Little Red Riding Hood."

2. Why did her mother tell Little Red Riding Hood not to run off the path?

A. She might break the bottle.
B. She might get lost.
C. She might meet a wolf.
D. She might drop the cakes.

Your answer:

Read Paragraph 2.

"One day her mother said to her, 'Go, my dear, to your grandmother with these cakes and soup. She was not feeling well when I last visited her. On the way, do not speak to strangers and do not leave the path, or you might fall or even lose your way.' "

3. Where did the grandmother live?

A. She lived in the woods.
B. She lived on the path.
C. She lived on a farm.
D. She lived in a castle.

Your answer:

Read paragraph 3.

"Her grandmother lived in the woods, around half an hour's walk from the village."

4. Why did Little Red Riding Hood get deeper and deeper into the woods?

A. She wanted to pick more flowers.
B. She ran after the wolf.
C. She chased her grandmother.
D. She looked for birds.

Your answer:

Read paragraphs 8 and 9.

"The wolf said, 'The woods are very beautiful at this time of the year, with a lot of flowers blossoming. Why don't you go and take a look?' "

"She thought to herself, 'I'll take a bouquet of these flowers to Grandma.' As she gathered flowers, she saw more beautiful flowers ahead and so she wandered further and further into the woods."

5. On the way to her grandmother's house, who did Little Red Riding Hood NOT meet?

  1. She did not meet her mother.
  2. She did not meet her grandmother.
  3. She did not meet a wolf.
  4. She did not meet a dog.

A. (i) & (iii)
B. (ii) & (iv)
C. (i), (ii) & (iv)
D. (ii), (iii) & (iv)

Your answer:

Read paragraph 3.

"On her way, Little Red Riding Hood met a wolf, who would very much like to eat her."

6. How strange was the grandmother when Little Red Riding Hood drew the curtains back?

A. The grandmother had big ears, small eyes, small hands and big teeth.
B. The grandmother had small ears, big eyes, small hands and small teeth.
C. The grandmother had big ears and eyes, large hands and big teeth.
D. The grandmother had big ears and eyes, small hands and small teeth.

Your answer:

Read paragraph 13.

7. Adjectives give us more information. They describe features and qualities of people, animals and things. Read the following descriptions and the words underlined. Identify the type of adjective from the list given. Each option can be used once only.

A. Opinion B. Size C. Age D. Colour
Description Type of adjective
7a. Once upon a time, there lived in a village a sweet little girl. (Paragraph 1)
7b. "Grandma lives in a house less than half an hour's walk from here, under the three great oak trees," answered Little Red Riding Hood. (Paragraph 7)
7c. Once her grandmother gave her a red cape with a hood. It looked so well on her that the little girl wore it all the time, and she therefore came to be known as Little Red Riding Hood. (Paragraph 1)
7d. The wolf thought to himself, "What a tender young creature!" (Paragraph 8)

A. Adjectives of opinion tell readers about how the writer thinks of the nouns, e.g. a cute kitten.

B. Adjectives of size tell readers about how large or small someone or something is, e.g. a little puppy.

C. Adjectives of age tell readers about how young or old someone is, e.g. an aged woman.

D. Adjectives of colour tell readers about the colour of something, e.g. a yellow bag.

8. When we use more than one adjective to describe the qualities of people, the adjectives are put in the following order.

1.Opinion > 2.Size > 3.Physical quality > 4.Shape > 5.Age > 6.Colour > 7.Origin

For example,
"Tammy is a lovely (opinion) young (age) Chinese (origin) girl (noun)."

Which of the following sentences has the correct order of adjectives?

A. She lived in a little white peculiar house.
B. She lived in a white peculiar little house.
C. She lived in a peculiar little white house.
D. She lived in a little white peculiar house.

Your answer:

Read the order of adjectives again carefully. Which type of adjective comes first?

9. What did Little Red Riding Hood learn to do when she met a wolf next time?

A. She learnt to go straight on her way.
B. She learnt to run into the woods by herself.
C. She learnt to open the door for a wolf.
D. She learnt to talk to a wolf.

Your answer:

Read paragraph 15.

"Little Red Riding Hood promised Grandma and later her mother never to go off the path and talk to strangers again."

Little Red Riding Hood

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Extension: Time to think!

10. What is the moral lesson of the story?

11. Who looks after you at home? What adjectives would you use to describe him or her? Think of two or three suitable adjectives to describe this important person, then share your feelings with him or her.