Living Off the Earth

Why does the author begin by having the readers imagine they are Native Americans?

• to express the main idea

• to summarize the text

• to catch the reader's attention

• to persuade the reader to live a different life

Why does the author use bold headings to separate some of the paragraphs?

• to locate supporting details in the paragraphs

• to compare and contrast different topics

• to show the main idea of a group of paragraphs

• to show the order of events as they happened

How were the Navajo and the Paiute tribes similar?

• Both tribes used weaving in their daily lives

• Both tribes made clay pottery

• Both tribes used cattails in their daily lives

• Both tribes traded horses with other tribes

Under the heading, Tool Time, what does the word useful mean?

• not used much

• full of use

• used again

• rarely used

"They also scraped animal hides to make leather." In which sentence does the word hide have the same meaning?

• The animal will hide when it hears the enemy.

• The tipi was made from soft smooth buffalo hide.

• The Native American children played hide and seek.

• Native Americans hide in shelters when buffalo come.

What is sinew?

• stretchy band of tissue

• a kind of yarn

• tool with a sim handle

• rocks along riverbanks

What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

• Today, life for many people is different than long ago.

• People do not have to make the things they use.

• Department stores supply us with most things we use.

• People today can find the food they need in supermarkets.

What could another title be for the passage?

• Native Americans and Their Tools

• The Tipi and the Travois

• Important Native American Words

• How Native Americans Lived

What was the author's purpose for writing the passage?

• to teach about cattails

• to teach about Native Americans

• to teach how to make fabric

• to teach how to use rocks