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 room for the night
B) how to find the way out of the woods
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) 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) The sun made it too hot to work.
B) She didn't have any sunglasses.
C) She'd get sunburn.
D) The moonlight had magic.
  • 5. Why did the beavers help the woodsman?
A) The old woman had been mean to them.
B) The trees cried out to them for help.
C) He had helped one of them.
D) They needed wood.
  • 6. Where was the old woman going that night?
A) to trap a beaver
B) to gather plants
C) to visit her sister
D) to walk the cat
  • 7. The only way to break the witch's spell was for the woodsman to __________ .
A) burn the cabin
B) burn down the trees
C) chop down the trees before morning
D) get help from the beavers
  • 8. What happened to the witch?
A) She melted into the pond.
B) She ran into the woods.
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) window
B) fireplace
C) porch
D) kitchen
  • 11. The dog howled when I stepped on its __________ .
A) tail
B) tale
C) teal
D) tael
  • 12. Her sad __________ made me cry.
A) tale
B) teal
C) tael
D) tail
  • 13. The cat was very cross. Which word is an antonym for the word cross?
A) cheerful
B) sleepy
C) angry
D) sad
  • 14. Which character was described as wicked?
A) the woodsman
B) the old woman
C) the beaver
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) a rhyming dictionary
B) an encyclopedia
C) the internet
D) a book about myths
  • 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 visiting relatives in the mountains.
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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