Jim Thorpe's Bright Path

What genre is Jim Thorpe's Bright Path?

• biography

• realistic fiction

• fable

• myth

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What is a reservation?

• lake that has been created by a dam

• private property that has been sold

• public land that has been set aside

• valley that has been made by a glacier

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What was Jim Thorpe's twin named?

• Carly

• Carl

• Charlie

• Chris

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As a young boy, how was Jim different than Charlie?

• Jim worked harder on the farm.

• Jim was stronger and faster.

• Jim was better at riding horses.

• Jim earned higher grades in schoo.

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Why did Jim hate boarding school? (p.361)

• He didn't hate boarding school. He enjoyed it.

• He was away from his family, but he still enjoyed it.

• He had to wear awful clothes, he got smacked in the knuckles, he missed his Ma and Pa's stories, and he was inside all day.

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The teachers hit Jim with a ruler whenever he spoke Sac at school because they...

• wanted to make him forget about his culture.

• wanted him to speak the language properly.

• did not understand what he was saying.

• did not want him to talk during class.

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Why did Jim's father think that education was important?

• because he was a white man who encouraged his sons to go the Indian Agency Boarding Schools

• because he had seen uneducated Indians cheated out of everything by dishonest men who tricked them into signing papers they could not read

• Actually, he doesn't think that education is important.

• because he thinks that it is the only way to get rich.

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What devastating event happened on page 363 that made Jim feel like the sunlight had gone from his life?

• He had to stay in boarding school and couldn't see his parents.

• His brother left boarding school and he was all alone.

• His brother died from a sickness that spread through the dormitory, because all of the Indian children were jammed together in the schools.

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How did Charlie die?

• Charlie got cancer.

• Charlie got pneumonia.

• Charlie died of old age (he was 87 years old).

• Charlie died from the cold weather.

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Why couldn't Jim play football?

• Because Jim's legs were too short.

• Because Jim was too tall.

• Because Jim was too sick.

• Because Jim was too small for the sport.

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