What's a Kloosh?

1. Based on the passage, how do beavers take down trees?

• They push the trees over

• They scratch through the wood.

• They chew through the tree trunks

• They dig the trees out of the ground.

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2. What does the word fall mean as it is used in paragraph 1?

• a season also known as autumn

• to go down quickly

• to happen at a certain time

• to be very eager

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3. What is Long Jump puzzled at the beginning of the story?

• She does not understand the meaning of Klooshmaker's name.

• She does not know much about how beaver build their homes.

• She does no know how she can help her new friend with his work.

• She does not understand why Klooshmaker will not stop working to play with her.

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4. What does the work blocking mean as it is used in paragraph 10?

• sinking into

• floating on top of

• gathering together in

• stopping the flow of

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5. Why is Long Jump MOST LIKELY important to the story?

• She watches Klooshmaker chew on a tree.

• She makes Klooshmaker think about his name.

• She wants to learn how to build a beaver dam.

• She is a friend to all the animals in the forest.

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6. How does Klooshmaker's mother know that something is bothering him?

• He stops talking to her and Long Jump.

• He tells her he is going to change his name.

• He bites only small pieces of wood from the tree

• He tells Long Jump to move away from the tree.

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7. Based on the passage, what is the main problem in the story?

• Klooshmaker does not know what his name means.

• Klooshmaker is not allowed to work by himself.

• Dam building is too difficult for Klooshmaker.

• Long Jump will not stop teasing Klooshmaker

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8. What does the work chunk mean as it is used in paragraph 33?

• pile

• bundle

• piece

• mound

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9. Based on the passage, why is Klooshmaker a good name for a young beaver?

• Kloosh is the name of his log house on the river.

• Kloosh is a name for the dams he builds from trees.

• Kloosh is the sound that he makes when he chews wood.

• Kloosh is the noise his tree makes when it falls into the water.

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