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