Native Memory

What is the title of the poem in the provided passage?

• Native Memory

• River of Time

• The Cherokee Journey

• Little River Canyon

What does the red arrow on the atlas signify in the poem?

• The location of the poet's home

• The edge of the bluff

• The direction of the river flow

• The site of a historical event

What does the poet compare human history to in the poem?

• A river

• A layer of stardust

• A mountain

• A red arrow

What does the mountain hold in the marrow of its bones, according to the poem?

• Joy

• Sorrow

• Wisdom

• Strength

What does the body remember, as mentioned in the poem?

• The names of rivers

• The sound of the wind

• The scars of massacres

• The sight of the canyon

In the poem, what is described as being "dragged by the roots from the land of their fathers"?

• Trees

• People

• Animals

• Houses

What does the poem suggest someone survived to remember?

• The weight of wagons and thousands of feet

• The beauty of the river

• The joy of singing

• The growth of wild persimmons

As used in line 7, the word “native” most nearly means

• dull

• simple

• unusual

• familiar

Lines 16 through 22 convey the narrator’s perception of the visitors’

• ignorance

• anger

• respect

• curiosity

The structure of lines 39 through 59 best serves to highlight the

• powerlessness of the Cherokee people with outside influence

• pessimism of the Cherokee people in times of stress

• resilience of the Cherokee culture regardless of their relocation

• adaptation of the Cherokee traditions because of change