Chapter 12: Rivers, Valley, and Mountains

1. Read the following sentence: "Faster and faster she moved, rattling the pebbles in the terrapin shells tied to her legs." (pg. 69) What does the word terrapin mean?

• a shell found on the beach
• a type of shoe worn by Native Americans
• a type of turtle shell

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

2. Read the following sentence: "Reluctantly Soft Rain opened her eyes and sighed." (pg. 69) Using context clues, what does the word reluctantly mean?

• gladly
• without really wanting to
• very excitedly

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

3. Read the following sentence: "." (pg. 74) Using context clues, what does the word Unakas mean?

• the white men
• the Cherokee tribe
• the dragon snake

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CCSS.RI.3.4

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

4. Why did Soft Rain have to get in the wagon?

• Everyone was told to ride in the wagon.
• The White Man felt bad that their feet hurt.
• The children rode in the wagon while the adults walked across the river.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.1.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

5. What does Soft Rain fear while Aunt Kee and Mama are wading through the river?

• She wouldn't be able to find Mama or Aunt Kee.
• The Uktena would be in the river with them and would attack them.
• They would lose their moccasins.
• The boat would sink.

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CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

6. What is wrong with the woman that Soft Rain, Aunt Kee, and Mama see on the side of the trail?

• She could not find her husband.
• Her children died.
• She was sick and hungry.
• She was blind.

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

7. Soft Rain sees Grandmother again during this chapter.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

8. This chapter begins with Soft Rain dreaming.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

9. Why does the woman say, "Hmpf" on page 74?

• because she doesn't speak the language
• because she has lost her voice
• because she is being stubborn
• because she is mad and not speaking

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3