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 family of beavers
D) a beaver building a dam
  • 2. The woodsman asked the old woman __________ .
A) for a hot meal
B) how to find the way out of the woods
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 branches talked as they burned.
B) The cat told him.
C) They wrote him a note.
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) 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) They needed wood.
B) He had helped one of them.
C) The trees cried out to them for help.
D) The old woman had been mean to them.
  • 6. Where was the old woman going that night?
A) to trap a beaver
B) to visit her sister
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 the cabin
C) burn down the trees
D) chop down the trees before morning
  • 8. What happened to the witch?
A) Her own spell turned on her.
B) She ran into the woods.
C) She melted into the pond.
D) She became a cat.
  • 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) window
B) porch
C) kitchen
D) fireplace
  • 11. The dog howled when I stepped on its __________ .
A) tael
B) tale
C) tail
D) teal
  • 12. Her sad __________ made me cry.
A) tale
B) tael
C) teal
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 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 book about myths
C) an encyclopedia
D) a rhyming dictionary
  • 16. What happened to the family that lived in the cabin?
A) They went on a family vacation.
B) They went on a picnic.
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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