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Pasquala

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pasquala is a ____________ indian girl.

a)

Chumash

b)

Yokut

c)

Cahuilla

d)

Maidu

2.

Pictographs are pictures painted on rock walls.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

_______________ were Spanish soldiers that Pasquala feared.

a)

Missionaries

b)

Soldados

c)

Priests

d)

Californios

4.

What act of nature occurs when the Yokuts are making their way to the Pacific Ocean?

a)

wild fire

b)

tsunami

c)

earthquake

d)

hurricane

5.

What happens on the journey home from the Pacific ocean that causes Pasquala's parents to make the decision to go to the mission?

a)

Pasquala is hungry

b)

Pasquala wants to see a horse

c)

Pasquala is in a bad mood

d)

Pasquala becomes very sick

6.

What mission do Pasquala and her parents go to live?

a)

San Diego de Alcala

b)

San Juan Bautista

c)

Santa Ines

7.

While living at the mission, Pasquala and her parents are baptized and become _____________________.

a)

teachers

b)

neophytes

c)

soldados

8.

What is one activity at the mission that Pasquala enjoys?

a)

listening to the choir sing

b)

pulling weeds

c)

making soap

d)

going to church

9.

Pasquala's life completely changes when she goes to live at the mission.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Tragedy strikes at the mission and Pasquala's __________dies.

a)

dog

b)

mother

c)

father

d)

brother

11.

Many Native Americans died of what diesease during the mission period?

a)

small pox

b)

pecking chicken

c)

strep throat

12.

Pasquala and her mother return to their tribe after her father's death. The tribe welcomes them warmly, and is very happy to see them.

a)

True- their tribe is proud of them

b)

False- they have brought shame to their people and are not accepted

13.

Tule elk are mentioned frequently throughout the book. Tule Elk are .....

a)

big frogs

b)

large mammals that roam the valley of the tules

c)

canoes

14.

When Pasquala's mother dies she is allowed to attend the mourning ceremony.

a)

False

b)

True

15.

How did Pasquala show that she loves and helps others at the end of the novel?

a)

She goes to the beach.

b)

She gathers food for the soldados.

c)

She runs through the night to the mission to warn them about the Native American attack.

16.

Pasquala is an example of...

a)

biography

b)

historical fiction

c)

non-fiction

17.

What happens to Pasquala at the end of the novel?

a)

she moves to another mission

b)

she returns to her tribe

c)

she dies at the mission

18.

The Yokuts had their own traditions, different from the traditions of the people at the mission.

a)

True

b)

False