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-53

B-53

Grade level: 2

Word count: 1118 words

Author: R. Bender

Synopsis: How did Lazy the squirrel earn his nickname? Ask his neighbors.

Excerpt: "You see," she told him, "how terrible it is not to provide for your future? You must store things that are necessary so you will have them when you need them."

Lazy agreed with her. He told his mother never again would he need to be called "Lazy."

Question: Think about the end of this selection. What would most likely happen next?

1. The squirrels in the woods would find a new name for Lazy.
2. Lazy would stop storing food and nuts.
3. The mother squirrel would stop storing food and nuts.
4. All the squirrels would eat more food during the summer.