A Quest for Healing

Nekumonta set out on a quest. What does the word quest mean?

• a trip

• a search for something

• a vacation

• an adventure

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What did Nekumonta set out to find?

• Manitou

• healing herbs

• his wife's family

• Shanewis

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What genre is "The Quest for Healing?"

• nonfiction

• fable

• narrative

• folktale

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.4.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

What is the setting of the story?

Choose the best answer.

• In the fall in Iroquois

• In the fall in a forest

• In the winter in an Iroquois village

• In the winter in Manitou

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

What descended on the village?

• a terrible flu

• winter

• a plague

• ferocious animals

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.2

Why did Shanewis ask her husband to carry her outside?

• to hear the birds sing

• to get fresh air

• to find the healing herbs

• to be with the spirits of her family members

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

What is the meaning of Manitou?

• the name of the village

• the sickness that came to the village

• the spirit inside all living things

• the name of the bear

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why did the animals hold a meeting in the forest?

• to ask Manitou for help

• to show Nekumonta where the healing herbs were planted

• to plan a quest

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Why did Manitou decide to help Nekumonta?

• he was a hard worker

• he was exhausted from the long journey

• he prayed to Manitou

• the animals were loyal to him

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Why were the animals loyal to Nekumonta?

• because he never killed an animal for sport

• because he was kind to them

• because he fed them berries

• because he was a hard worker

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5