Selection: B-40

B-40

Grade level: 2

Word count: 1083 words

Author: Anonymous

Synopsis: A Native American boy outsmarts Big Chief North Wind.

Excerpt: "I will not leave," young Shingebis said as he sat down on a rock.

"But you must come with us," the other people said.

"All the people in our tribe are afraid," thought Shingebis. "They are afraid of Big Chief North Wind. But I am not afraid!" Shingebis stayed on his rock and watched the birds fly high in the sky. The birds also were going south.

"You will be sorry," the other people said to Shingebis. "Big Chief North Wind will get angry, and he will bring such cold that you will freeze."

Question: The people in the Native American tribe thought that Big Chief North Wind would be angry

1. if Shingebis did not go south with them.
2. when Shingebis hid all the fish.
3. if Shingebis went south with them.
4. when Shingebis decided to light a fire.

Selection: B-5

B-5

Grade level: 2

Word count: 1000 words

Author: Kate Carter

Synopsis: The English language is full of sayings that don't mean what they say.

Excerpt: Here's another idiom that may puzzle you: "Don't count your chickens before they hatch." It means you shouldn't be sure something will happen. There's always a chance it won't happen at all.

Question: Someone who "counts their chickens before they hatch" is

1. feeling sure a certain thing will happen.
2. worrying too much about small details.
3. working hard but not succeeding
4. trying to make people laugh.