Paul Bunyan and Davy Crockett

Master folklore! Practice vocabulary, summary, and exaggeration with Paul Bunyan & Davy Crockett.

Which word means the same as the word commotion? uproar silence disagreement movement What type of people usually live in shanties? wealthy people elected officials military heroes poor people Which statement best summarizes the story "Davy Crockett's Dream"? While out hunting, Davy Crockett and his dog take shelter in a shanty where Crockett has an amusing dream. In Davy Crockett's dream, a man named Oak Wing, whom Crockett had injured five years earlier, takes revenge While out hunting, Crockett pauses to take a nap and is awakened by his wife. In Davy Crockett's dream, his wife finds him in an old log cabin, where she pokes his eye out with an icicle. In "Davy Crockett's Dream," why does Crockett have a hard time getting his hat off in the cold weather? He sweated, so the hat froze to his head. The cabin was not heated. The hat was too tight. He was too sleepy. In "Davy Crockett's Dream," why does Crockett want revenge on Oak Wing? because Oak Wing poked his eye out with an icicle because Oak Wing gave him an "almighty licking once" because he dreamt Oak Wing was pulling at his leg because he dreamt Oak Wing pounded him on his head Which line from "Davy Crockett's Dream" is an exaggerated statement? When I sneezed the icicles crackled all up and down the inside of my nose…. … I stood my rifle up agin one of the door posts and went in. … I took my little dog named Grizzle and cut out for Salt River Bay…. So I went and talked to him, and telled him what he had done to me in a dream…. According to Carl Sandburg, where did the stories about Paul Bunyan come from? from books by various writers from bookless people from Australia from Sandburg's imagination What can you infer about the Seven Axmen based on this passage from "Paul Bunyan of the North Woods"? The commotion of the dancing that night brought on an earthquake and the Big Onion river moved over three counties to the east. The Seven Axmen were regular guys. The Seven Axmen were enormous. The Seven Axmen were good dancers. The Seven Axmen wanted to move. Which of the following lines from "Paul Bunyan of the North Woods" is an exaggerated statement? He grew up in shanties, around the hot stoves in winter,… … Paul Bunyan got disgusted because his celebration on the Fourth was spoiled. Two mosquitoes lighted on one of Paul Bunyan's oxen, killed it, ate it, cleaned the bones,… This was the winter Paul gave a party to the Seven Axmen. Which detail from "Paul Bunyan of the North Woods" emphasizes Paul Bunyan's heroic qualities? Paul is old as the hills, young as the alphabet. Paul Bunyan got disgusted because his celebration on the Fourth was spoiled. Paul brought a big boatload of sorghum up from Louisiana…. He dived under this pillar, swam up into it, and climbed with powerful swimming strokes