Apache: Reading Comprehension

What was the author’s main purpose in writing this passage?

• To persuade the reader that the U.S. government was wrong to take the Apache land.

• To explain how the Apache built wickiups.

• To inform the reader with facts about the Apache Native Americans.

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CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.7.6

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which statement is accurate (correct) about wickiups?

• Apache women were responsible for building wickiups

• Wickiups had a lot of furniture inside them.

• Wickiups were stories told to teach rules to Apaches.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

“Apache roots run deep and many people today have kept those special things that make them Apache alive today.” What is the best meaning of roots in the previous quote?

• A part of a plant that grows into the soil

• Family or ethnic origins

• The basic cause of something

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which best describes the relationship between the Apache and settlers?

• They lived in peace together

• The Apache and settlers fought over the land.

• The Apache willingly gave their land to the settlers

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does the author mostly organize the selection?

• She explains problems encountered by the Apache Native Americans and told how they solved them.

• She describes various characteristics of the Apache Native Americans.

• She compares and contrasts the Apache Native Americans with other southwestern tribes.

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which best describes Apache Native Americans’ way of getting food?

• vegetarians, only eating crops they grew on their own.

• hunted their food, mainly deer and elk.

• hunters and gathers, and sometimes grew crops.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3