The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
by L. Frank Baum from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz which was published in 1900. It’s the story of Dorothy, a Kansas girl, who is carried by a tornado to the distant land of Oz. Dorothy wants to go back home. She travels to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard of Oz to help her. In this passage from Chapter 5, she meets a tin woodman, who tells his story.
Reading Comprehension Passage
The Rescue of the Tin Woodman
by L. Frank Baum from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Reading Comprehension Questions
Vocabulary List
Vocabulary List
Each of the vocabulary words below are used in the reading passage. As you read the passage, pay attention to context clues that suggest the word’s meaning.
- woodman
- remain
- enchanted
- misfortune
- tinsmith
- daunted
- maiden
- joints
- undergo
- resolved
Context Clues
Context Clues
Using context clues from the sentences in the passage, underline the correct meaning of the word in boldface.
1) "I was born the son of a woodman who chopped down trees in the forest"
a. scarecrow b. forester; woodcutter c. farmer or rancher d. eastern person
2) "she wished the girl to remain with her and do the cooking and the housework"
a. work b. talk or discuss c. leave; depart d. stay
3) "Thereupon the Wicked Witch enchanted my axe"
a. traded; exchanged b. stole or took c. cast a spell; bewitched d. admired
4) "This at first seemed a great misfortune, for I knew a one-legged man could not do very well as a wood-chopper."
a. mistake b. hardship; bad luck c. idea d. opportunity or chance
5) "I went to a tinsmith and had him make me a new leg out of tin"
a. doctor b. carpenter c. house builder d. one who works with light metal; tinner
6) "but, nothing daunted, I had them replaced with tin ones"
a. bothered; dismayed b. forgotten c. cheaper d. cracked or bent
7) "She thought of a new way to kill my love for the beautiful Munchkin maiden"
a. servant b. young woman c. homeland; territory d. neighbor
8) "There was only one danger—that my joints would rust"
a. eyeballs b. roof c. parts of the body where two bones meet; hinge d. restaurant
9) "It was a terrible thing to undergo"
a. tunnel or hole b. leave; depart c. experience; live through d. explain
10) "no one can love who has not a heart, and so I am resolved to ask Oz to give me one"
a. determined b. shy c. thinking about d. afraid