Ch. 1: A Sad Letter

1. Read the following sentence: "The day before, they had taunted her, running in circles around her, making ugly faces, pulling on her braids, and yelling "Cherokee, Cherokee," their strange way of saying Tsalagi." (pg. 3) What does the word taunted mean?

• party
• tease or insult
• play with

2. Read the following sentence: "He tells us that the treaty signed two years ago by some of our people will soon be enforced in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, as well as here in North Carolina." (pg. 5) What does the word treaty mean?

• agreement
• homework
• evidence

3. Read the following sentence: "Climbing the three steps to the porch of the teacher's house, Soft Rain called, "Siyu, Hello." (pg. 3) What does the word Siyu mean?

• How are you?
• Stop
• Hello

4. Read the following sentence: "We aren't moving; Father is getting ready to plant our selu, our corn." (pg. 6) What does the word selu mean?

• beans
• squash
• corn

5. Why did the teacher tell the students she was sad?

• Her family became sick
• She received a letter
• She was getting married
• Someone told her that her father had died

6. Soft Rain and the other children are not able to go to school anymore - the cause of this was ______________

• The weather was not good, so they had to leave.
• The farming was very bad.
• The teacher was leaving and the Tsalagi must move west.

7. Who taunted Soft Rain on her way to school?

• her brother
• her classmates
• white boys

8. What tribe does Soft Rain belong to?

• Creek
• Tsalagi
• Mohawk
• Seminoles

9. What is the MAIN reason Soft Rain believes her family will not be moving West?

• her father did not sign the treaty
• Grandmother is too old
• her father is planting
• they don't have any family there