Paddle to the Sea - Ch.. 4-7

After rushing down the snowy canyon and into the busy brook, what type of body of water did the little canoe come to?

• a river

• the ocean

• a pond

• a lake

Where did the beavers build their home?

• In the middle of the pond.

• Under the water.

• On the bank of the pond.

• Up in a tree .

What animal swam past the canoe, and then disappeared into the dead bushes?

• a skunk

• a mink

• a muskrat

• a buck deer

What did the wild animals use the river for all through the winter?

• To get water

• to walk across

• to swim

• to escape from predators

What did the lumberjacks use the river for all through the winter?

• As a road to take their horses and tractors to the logging camps

• To haul the logs to the sawmill.

• To walk across.

• To hunt wild animals.

What was in the river with Paddle, “Crush(ing) in on every side”?

• Ice

• Fish

• Logs

• Both A and C

How thick was the log that Paddle was wedged into?

• Four feet thick

• Two feet thick

• Four inches thick

• The author did not provide this information

What are the opening and the chute of the Sawmill compared to?

• A belt and hungry saw

• A mouth and tongue

• A smaller building

• An arm reading from a window

What does the lumberjack first plan to do with Paddle?

• Split him like a fish

• Throw him back in the river

• Take him home to his boy, Henri

• Send him away on a flatcar

What did the piles of cut lumber look like?

• Flatcars lined up along the shore.

• Rows of unpainted houses along a street

• Canoes waiting to be set a float.

• The buildings of a sawmill.