Thunder Rolling in the Mountains

Who is the narrator?

• Sounds of Running Feet

• Chief Joseph

• Swan Necklace

• Two Moons

Which chieftain has made some bad decisions and cost the tribe much suffering?

• Chief Joseph

• Tu-hul-hul-sote

• White Bird

• Looking Glass

Which correctly describes the Red Coats?

• The red coats are a group of young women who hunt buffalo meat for the tribe.

• The red coats are a group of old men that stay behind to protect women and children.

• The red coats are a group of white soldiers that hate the Nez Perce.

• The red coats are a group of warriors that have sworn to fight the whites.

Looking Glass told his people that they could seek safety, or refuge with the _________tribe.

What made the trip through the Bitterroot Mountains such a challenge?

• not enough horses

• Steep hills, narrow trails, rain, and little food

• soldiers shooting at the people

• Chief Joseph made his people travel too quickly.

What do the Nez Perce plan to do to seek safety from the whites?

• attack a white settlement near Lapwai

• try and beg the Crow for help

• go south towards Colorado

• go to Canada, the Old Lady's country

What was Sounds of Running Feet's mother's name?

The sun climbed half way of the sky. What type of figurative language is this?

• simile

• personification

• idiom

• metaphor

What type of figurative language is this?

The wind swept across the plain turning our bones to ice.

• idioim

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

What happened that alerted the Nez Perce that the Blue Coats were near?

• Chief Joseph had a vision

• a herd of stampeding buffalo

• Wah-lit-tis spirit came back and warned the Nez Perce

• The one armed general came and told them the blue coats were coming