Woodsong Chapter 6

1. One day Paulsen was startled by _______________ .
a) his neighbor
b) a fox that came into the yard
c) a ruffed grouse that attacked him
d) a red squirrel that killed a chipmunk

2. One night Paulsen had to run without ___________ .
a) a lantern
b) his lead dog
c) a jacket

3. The dogs stopped all of a sudden on the road when they saw ___________ .
a) a horse
b) another sled team
c) a car in the road
d) a strange light

4. The dogs began to sing a ___________ when they saw the light.
a) death song
b) come back to me song
c) rain song
d) first snow song

5. The "ghost" turned out to be __________ .
a) a dead moose
b) a tree stump
c) a cabin with its lights on
d) a campfire

6. What stopped Paulsen from being scared?
a) One of the dogs peed on the stump.
b) A car came down the road.
c) The dog team moved on down the path.

7. Another mystery Paulsen found in the woods was _______________ .
a) a small girl running through the wood who disappeared
b) signs of a fox killing a grouse with no tracks leading out of the clearing
c) flute music coming from the pasture when no one was there
d) only one tree blowing in the breeze while the others remained still

8. Paulsen saw the cedar waxwings ____________ .
a) singing songs
b) building a nest
c) passing berries

9. Paulsen had several unusual encounters with ________ .
a) snakes
b) deer
c) moose
d) foxes

10. One time Paulsen saw a deer that _____________ .
a) ran into his yard and ran off with a plastic Santa
b) was dead on her feet
c) ran into his green house and took a bouquet of flowers

11. This chapter was about _______ .
a) training for the Iditarod
b) funny stories to make you laugh
c) things that have puzzled Paulsen



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