RDR #16 - "The Talking Sticks"
  • 1. What did the woodsman see next to the cabin?
A) a beaver building a dam
B) three strange trees
C) a family of beavers
D) an old woman and a cat
  • 2. The woodsman asked the old woman __________ .
A) how to find the way out of the woods
B) for a room for the night
C) if he could use her ax
D) for a hot meal
  • 3. How was the family able to ask the woodsman for help?
A) The cat told him.
B) They wrote him a note.
C) The branches talked as they burned.
D) He had a dream.
  • 4. Most likely, the old woman gathered plants at night instead of the day because __________ .
A) The sun made it too hot to work.
B) The moonlight had magic.
C) She didn't have any sunglasses.
D) She'd get sunburn.
  • 5. Why did the beavers help the woodsman?
A) They needed wood.
B) The trees cried out to them for help.
C) He had helped one of them.
D) The old woman had been mean to them.
  • 6. Where was the old woman going that night?
A) to visit her sister
B) to trap a beaver
C) to gather plants
D) to walk the cat
  • 7. The only way to break the witch's spell was for the woodsman to __________ .
A) get help from the beavers
B) burn down the trees
C) burn the cabin
D) chop down the trees before morning
  • 8. What happened to the witch?
A) She ran into the woods.
B) She melted into the pond.
C) She became a cat.
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) fireplace
B) porch
C) kitchen
D) window
  • 11. The dog howled when I stepped on its __________ .
A) tale
B) tael
C) tail
D) teal
  • 12. Her sad __________ made me cry.
A) teal
B) tail
C) tael
D) tale
  • 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 beaver
B) the woodsman
C) the old woman
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 rhyming dictionary
C) an encyclopedia
D) a book about myths
  • 16. What happened to the family that lived in the cabin?
A) They were tricked by the old woman who turned them into trees.
B) They went on a family vacation.
C) They were visiting relatives in the mountains.
D) They went on a picnic.
  • 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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