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RDR #16 - "The Talking Sticks"
Contributed by: Herrera
  • 1. What did the woodsman see next to the cabin?
A) an old woman and a cat
B) a family of beavers
C) three strange trees
D) a beaver building a dam
  • 2. The woodsman asked the old woman __________ .
A) for a room for the night
B) for a hot meal
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) He had a dream.
D) The branches talked as they burned.
  • 4. Most likely, the old woman gathered plants at night instead of the day because __________ .
A) She'd get sunburn.
B) The moonlight had magic.
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) He had helped one of them.
B) They needed wood.
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 gather plants
B) to trap a beaver
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) get help from the beavers
B) chop down the trees before morning
C) burn down the trees
D) burn the cabin
  • 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) problem
B) solution
  • 10. The old woman sat by the hearth. She was near the __________ .
A) fireplace
B) kitchen
C) porch
D) window
  • 11. The dog howled when I stepped on its __________ .
A) tail
B) teal
C) tael
D) tale
  • 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) cheerful
B) sleepy
C) angry
D) sad
  • 14. Which character was described as wicked?
A) the cat
B) the beaver
C) the old woman
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) the internet
B) a rhyming dictionary
C) a book about myths
D) an encyclopedia
  • 16. What happened to the family that lived in the cabin?
A) They were tricked by the old woman who turned them into trees.
B) They went on a family vacation.
C) They went on a picnic.
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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