RDR #16 - "The Talking Sticks"
  • 1. What did the woodsman see next to the cabin?
A) three strange trees
B) an old woman and a cat
C) a beaver building a dam
D) a family of beavers
  • 2. The woodsman asked the old woman __________ .
A) for a hot meal
B) for a room for the night
C) if he could use her ax
D) how to find the way out of the woods
  • 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 moonlight had magic.
B) She'd get sunburn.
C) The sun made it too hot to work.
D) She didn't have any sunglasses.
  • 5. Why did the beavers help the woodsman?
A) The trees cried out to them for help.
B) He had helped one of them.
C) The old woman had been mean to them.
D) They needed wood.
  • 6. Where was the old woman going that night?
A) to walk the cat
B) to gather plants
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) chop down the trees before morning
B) burn the cabin
C) get help from the beavers
D) burn down the trees
  • 8. What happened to the witch?
A) She became a cat.
B) She melted into the pond.
C) Her own spell turned on her.
D) She ran into the woods.
  • 9. Was what happened to the witch in the story the problem or solution?
A) solution
B) problem
  • 10. The old woman sat by the hearth. She was near the __________ .
A) porch
B) window
C) kitchen
D) fireplace
  • 11. The dog howled when I stepped on its __________ .
A) tail
B) teal
C) tael
D) tale
  • 12. Her sad __________ made me cry.
A) tail
B) tale
C) tael
D) teal
  • 13. The cat was very cross. Which word is an antonym for the word cross?
A) sleepy
B) sad
C) angry
D) cheerful
  • 14. Which character was described as wicked?
A) the woodsman
B) the beaver
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 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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