The Trumpet of the Swans

The eleven year old boy who walked through the forest was _______________.

• Sam Beaver

• Tom Beaver

• Sam Braver

Sam found a big nest of two enormous ___________ in the middle of the forest.

• eagles

• vultures

• trumpeter swans

A male swan is called a _________.

• boy

• cob

• drake

To be filled with wonder by the beauty of something is also called _________________.

• startled

• prowled

• spell bound

Young swans are called ____________.

• hatchlings

• cygnets

• chicks

The collective noun for bushes is ____________.

• bunch

• clump

• bundle

The cob kept a close watch because he knew the ___________ prowled somewhere in the woods.

• lion

• wolf

• fox

The pen poked the eggs with her bill to see that the eggs __________________.

• hatched and the cygnets came out quickly

• were hard enough not to break

• received the right amount of warmth from her body

The Trumpet of the Swans was written by __________.

• Elwyn Brooks White

• R L Stevenson

• Eric Brooks Worth

'Knock him cold' means _____________.

• hit him very hard

• knock on the door

• feel very cold