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RDR #16 - "The Talking Sticks"
  • 1. What did the woodsman see next to the cabin?
A) three strange trees
B) a beaver building a dam
C) a family of beavers
D) an old woman and a cat
  • 2. The woodsman asked the old woman __________ .
A) if he could use her ax
B) how to find the way out of the woods
C) for a hot meal
D) for a room for the night
  • 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 moonlight had magic.
B) The sun made it too hot to work.
C) She didn't have any sunglasses.
D) She'd get sunburn.
  • 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 walk the cat
B) to trap a beaver
C) to visit her sister
D) to gather plants
  • 7. The only way to break the witch's spell was for the woodsman to __________ .
A) burn the cabin
B) chop down the trees before morning
C) burn down the trees
D) get help from the beavers
  • 8. What happened to the witch?
A) She became a cat.
B) She ran into the woods.
C) Her own spell turned on her.
D) She melted into the pond.
  • 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) fireplace
B) window
C) kitchen
D) porch
  • 11. The dog howled when I stepped on its __________ .
A) teal
B) tale
C) tael
D) tail
  • 12. Her sad __________ made me cry.
A) teal
B) tail
C) tale
D) tael
  • 13. The cat was very cross. Which word is an antonym for the word cross?
A) sad
B) cheerful
C) angry
D) sleepy
  • 14. Which character was described as wicked?
A) the old woman
B) the cat
C) the beaver
D) the woodsman
  • 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) a book about myths
C) the internet
D) an encyclopedia
  • 16. What happened to the family that lived in the cabin?
A) They were visiting relatives in the mountains.
B) They went on a family vacation.
C) They were tricked by the old woman who turned them into trees.
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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