Questions: Moral and Lesson of a Story

Question 1

What is a **moral** of a story?

• A. A description of the setting
• B. The lesson or message the story teaches
• C. The number of pages in the book
• D. A character's favorite food

Answer: (B)

A moral is the lesson or message that the story teaches about how to live or act.

Question 2

Every story has a single, obvious moral.

• T. True
• F. False

Answer: False

False. Some stories have clear lessons; others have multiple lessons or no obvious moral. Readers sometimes disagree about what a story teaches.

Question 3

What is the likely moral of a story about a girl who works hard to achieve her dream?

• A. Dreams are bad for you
• B. Hard work and persistence can help you achieve your goals
• C. You should never try new things
• D. The story has no lesson

Answer: (B)

A story about persistence and effort teaches that working hard matters.

Question 4

A story is bad if it does not have an obvious moral.

• T. True
• F. False

Answer: False

False. Some wonderful stories are just about characters and their lives, without a preachy lesson. The message can be subtle.

Question 5

What do you think is the moral of a story you have read? Explain what the characters did that taught you that lesson.

Model answer: Example: The moral is friendship matters. Two characters disagreed but worked it out, and their friendship was stronger after.

Good responses identify a real theme and show how the story demonstrated it through the characters' actions.