Little Red Riding Hood Questions

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Little Red Riding Hood Story

Introduction:

Begin by reading the story “Little Red Riding Hood”. Make sure you read carefully to remember details and think about the story and the characters as you read them. After you have finished reading, answer the questions below. Think about the heading that each set of questions is under before giving an answer to the questions. Questions at the beginning should have quick, recall type answers and as you go on, your answers should become more thorough and well thought out.

Remember/Knowledge:

1. What color was the cloak that Little Red Riding Hood always wore?
2. Who did Little Red Riding Hood go visit?

Understand/Comprehension:

3. Explain why Red’s mother cautioned her to go straight to Grandma’s.
4. Give an example of a time when you did not follow your parent’s advice.

Apply:

5. What questions could you ask Little Red Riding Hood to find out why she disobeyed her mother?
6. If you were the woodsman, how would you have dealt with the wolf?

Analyze:

7. What do you think motivated the wolf to pretend he was Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother?
8. How do you think the story would have been different if Little Red Riding Hood had gone straight to her grandmother’s house?

Evaluate:

9. Can you defend the wolf’s position? Write an argument for the wolf for why he acted the way he did.
10. How would you have felt if you were Little Red Riding Hood and you discovered that your grandmother was really the wolf?

Create:

11. Create a set of guidelines for children who are thinking about disobeying their parents.
12. Pretend that you are one of the characters in this story. Rewrite the story from that character’s perspective and use your own judgement of how that character should act.