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WorksheetsStorytelling Trees
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 2hrs 15mins
Which sentence from the selection shows that totem poles were important for teaching Tlingit history?
These totem poles were read again and again like a library of wooded stories.
At last, the tree is ready for the master carver chosen by the tribe.
Animals with beaver tails, whales, wolves, and birds with oversized beaks are chiseled into the soft wood.
Long ago, artist mixed salmon eggs with minerals like hematite, graphite, and copper to make bright-colored paints for the poles.
Which definition best fits the way the word strong is used in paragraph 1?
muscular 2. consisting of solid material 3. determined 4. moving rapidly or with force.
Definition 1
Definition 2
Definition 3
Definition 4
What conclusion can the reader make about the Tlingit totem poles?
Specialized carving machines are required to make totem poles.
The carvers selected to make totem poles must be good singers.
The meanings of the figures carved on totem poles have changed.
The process of carving totem pokes have changed over time.
The author uses questions in paragraph 4 and paragraph 11 as a way to -
show that American Indian art is similar to other types of art
establish a connection between the reader's experiences and totem poles
encourage the reader to reflect on what is considered art
help the reader understand why totem poles attract visitors
The author organizes paragraph 9 in a compare-and-contrast pattern to illustrate -
how the images carved into totem poles have changed over time
which carvers in the tribe are the most talented
the way that modern machinery has made raising a totem pole easier
how the totem pole has changed during the carving process
The language the author uses in paragraph 10 emphasizes -
the emotional responses people have toward the totem poles
that the new totem poles are most important than totem poles from the past
how quickly the new totem pole was raised using the crane
that the types of trees used to make the totem poles affect their beauty
In paragraph 9, the word weary means -
amused
confused
worried
tired
Read this sentence from paragraph 4
Even today, totem-pole carving continues in Ketchikan, Alaska, where Tlingit Indians still live.
In this sentence, what does the author help the reader understand about the culture of the Tlingit people?
Their master carvers are highly skilled.
Their carvers use special tools to make each totem pole.
Their history is told through images on the totem poles.
They have maintained their tradition of making totem poles.
Which sentence from the selection is best supported by the photographs?
Shapes of bears, wolves, whales, eagles, and other wild creatures were carved into soft tree trunks.
Once a stone adze (an ax-like too) brought down an 80-foot giant.
Thick bark is stripped away; then knots, once burned with hot rocks, are sanded smooth.
Drums and voices swelled like thunder when the pole rose.
