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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 beaver building a dam
C) a family of beavers
D) three strange trees
  • 2. The woodsman asked the old woman __________ .
A) how to find the way out of the woods
B) for a hot meal
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) He had a dream.
C) They wrote him a note.
D) The cat told him.
  • 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'd get sunburn.
C) She didn't have any sunglasses.
D) The moonlight had magic.
  • 5. Why did the beavers help the woodsman?
A) The trees cried out to them for help.
B) They needed wood.
C) The old woman had been mean to them.
D) He had helped one of 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) chop down the trees before morning
B) get help from the beavers
C) burn the cabin
D) burn down the trees
  • 8. What happened to the witch?
A) She became a cat.
B) Her own spell turned on her.
C) She melted into the pond.
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) porch
B) fireplace
C) kitchen
D) window
  • 11. The dog howled when I stepped on its __________ .
A) tael
B) teal
C) tale
D) tail
  • 12. Her sad __________ made me cry.
A) tale
B) teal
C) tail
D) tael
  • 13. The cat was very cross. Which word is an antonym for the word cross?
A) sad
B) angry
C) cheerful
D) sleepy
  • 14. Which character was described as wicked?
A) the cat
B) the old woman
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) 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 picnic.
B) They were tricked by the old woman who turned them into trees.
C) They went on a family vacation.
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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