RDR #16 - "The Talking Sticks"
  • 1. What did the woodsman see next to the cabin?
A) a family of beavers
B) three strange trees
C) an old woman and a cat
D) a beaver building a dam
  • 2. The woodsman asked the old woman __________ .
A) if he could use her ax
B) how to find the way out of the woods
C) for a room for the night
D) for a hot meal
  • 3. How was the family able to ask the woodsman for help?
A) He had a dream.
B) The cat told him.
C) The branches talked as they burned.
D) They wrote him a note.
  • 4. Most likely, the old woman gathered plants at night instead of the day because __________ .
A) She didn't have any sunglasses.
B) The sun made it too hot to work.
C) The moonlight had magic.
D) She'd get sunburn.
  • 5. Why did the beavers help the woodsman?
A) He had helped one of them.
B) They needed wood.
C) The old woman had been mean to them.
D) The trees cried out to them for help.
  • 6. Where was the old woman going that night?
A) to gather plants
B) to walk the cat
C) to visit her sister
D) to trap a beaver
  • 7. The only way to break the witch's spell was for the woodsman to __________ .
A) burn down the trees
B) chop down the trees before morning
C) burn the cabin
D) get help from the beavers
  • 8. What happened to the witch?
A) She ran into the woods.
B) She became a cat.
C) She melted into the pond.
D) Her own spell turned on her.
  • 9. Was what happened to the witch in the story the problem or solution?
A) problem
B) solution
  • 10. The old woman sat by the hearth. She was near the __________ .
A) window
B) fireplace
C) porch
D) kitchen
  • 11. The dog howled when I stepped on its __________ .
A) tail
B) teal
C) tael
D) tale
  • 12. Her sad __________ made me cry.
A) teal
B) tale
C) tael
D) tail
  • 13. The cat was very cross. Which word is an antonym for the word cross?
A) sleepy
B) cheerful
C) sad
D) angry
  • 14. Which character was described as wicked?
A) the old woman
B) the beaver
C) the woodsman
D) the cat
  • 15. "Cross patch, draw the latch." This line from the story actually comes from an old nursery rhyme. Where could I look to find the poem?
A) the internet
B) a book about myths
C) a rhyming dictionary
D) an encyclopedia
  • 16. What happened to the family that lived in the cabin?
A) They went on a family vacation.
B) They were visiting relatives in the mountains.
C) They went on a picnic.
D) They were tricked by the old woman who turned them into trees.
  • 17. This reading selection is a fairy tale. Explain three reasons why.
  • 18. Type the following events in order how they happened in the story. **The beavers helped. **The woodsman freed the beaver. **The sticks cried out from the fire. **The old woman left for the night.
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