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WorksheetsThe Legend of Michigan
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
The ancient peoples of the forest of Michigan told the tale of a time long past, when the land of Michigan was
a)
covered in trees
b)
all one land
c)
covered in ice
d)
in trouble because of forest fires
2.
This time before the ancient peoples and the time of thick ices was called
a)
The Freezing time
b)
The Starving Time
c)
The Uncomfortable Time
d)
The Long Night of the North Wind
3.
The West Wind once
a)
Smelled of sweet prairie grasses
b)
blew fiercly with ice
c)
sang softly
d)
steamy warm air
4.
This wind sang softly and brought the sunrise
a)
West Wind
b)
East Wind
c)
South Wind
d)
North Wind
5.
For thousands of years, the North Wind stormed across the land and
a)
crushed rocks, scooped out basins
b)
freezing everything until winter stayed the entire year
c)
dug long ravines and shaped the earth
d)
all the above are correct
6.
Who is granfather
a)
just an old man
b)
the boys grandfather
c)
The Great Spirit, Gitche Manitou
d)
The North Wind
7.
Tell me the reason the boy traveled North
a)
To ask the grandfather for help
b)
To ask the North Wind to be his brother
c)
To get warm
d)
He was running away from his village
8.
How were the old man and the boy going to mend the North Wind
a)
To punish the North Wind
b)
Wisdom of many winters
c)
With a good strong heart
d)
With good heart and wisdom
9.
How did the North Wind try to frighten the boy and Grandfather
a)
Strong blasts of wind
b)
with streaks of light, flashes and flares across the sky called the North WInd's Fire Lights
c)
Making loud noises
d)
Using the wisdom of the Gitche Manitou against the boy
10.
What did the boy give the Gitche Manitou when the North Wind faced them with a full force gale
a)
a warm jacket
b)
a deer skin hat
c)
his double deerskin mitten
d)
better mocosins
11.
What compromise did the Great Spirit make with the North Wind
a)
To only blow for three moons each year
b)
To paint the leaves of the trees and turn the land white
c)
To leave when the West Wind sends his warm chinook
d)
All the above
12.
The Great Spirit said the North Wind's Sky Fire will always be
a)
The Northern Lights shall always be the North Wind's domain.
b)
give up and never used again by the North Wind
c)
sent on special occasions
d)
the Great Spirit's to control
13.
What happened as the North Wind began to "Share as brothers share?"
a)
The ice melted and set rivers flowing and filled all lakes
b)
The west wind sent the seeds to blanket the land with prairie grasses
c)
The East Wind sang softly and sent seeds to plant forests
d)
All the above
14.
What did the Great Spirit leave in case the Night of the North Wind should return?
a)
lots of trees for fire wood
b)
lots of animals for food
c)
the double deerskin mitten upon the land
d)
Michigan with lots of resources
15.
What is the Purpose of the story?
a)
To share the true way of Michigan's origin
b)
To share the Legend of the origin of Michigan
c)
To entertain
d)
to give us science facts
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