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WorksheetsInto the West Comprehension Assignment
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Ep.1 Who "originally" had the vision that the buffalo would eventually disappear and the Lakota would live in square houses?
Soaring Eagle
Growling Bear
Loved By The Buffalo
One Horn Bull
Ep.1 What does Growling Bear give to young White Feather before he dies?
Tobacco
Whiskey
Buffalo hide
Medicine Wheel necklace
Ep.1 From what state do the Wheelers originate?
Virginia
Maryland
Kansas
New York
Ep.1 Select three things that resulted from the buffalo jump.
Dogstar and Running Fox show their braveness.
ALL of the buffalo jump off the cliff.
White Feather protected by a buffalo.
Growling Bear dies.
White Feather's mother is killed by the stampede.
Ep.1 Who was the mountain man that showed up at the shop one day and his stories inspired Jacob to head West?
Ben Franklin
Jedediah Smith
James Fletcher
Merra Copa
Ep.1 What did Jedediah Smith make Jacob do to show his braveness and fit in with the rest of the men?
Crawl through a cave in the Sierra Nevadas.
Do the Sundance.
Read what he recorded in his journal.
Sew his scalp back on from the bear attack.
Ep.1 Why did Jacob and his brother Nathan get into a fight outside a barn in Tennessee?
Jacob lost his rifle.
Jacob allowed a fugitive slave to go free and lost out on 100 silver dollars.
Nathan wanted to move to Texas.
They were lost and the farmer wouldn't help them.
Ep.1 What did the French trader Labeck want from the Lakota in return for pots, pans, and rifles?
Buffalo hides
The Medicine Wheel
60 beaver pelts
To marry Thunder Heart Woman
Ep.1 What ceremony does Loved By The Buffalo perform to be "reborn" and get a new vision from Wakan Tanka?
Merra Copa
Sundance
Buffalo Jump
Rendevouz
Ep.1 What happened to Jedediah Smith and the others when they arrived in California?
They were arrested and executed.
A grizzly bear attacked them.
They were welcomed as heroes and given land.
They were arrested and taken to the San Gabriel Mission.
Ep.1 On the way home from California, the Mojave attack the men. Select three things that happens in the cave to Jacob.
They drink Merra Copa and party.
Fletcher gives Jacob his knife.
Jacob searches for light in order to write in his new journal.
Jedediah and Jacob's faith is tested as they crawl through dark caves.
Fletcher gets shot by the Indians and sacfrices himself for Jacob and Jedediah.
Ep.1 How did Jacob and Thunder Heart Woman meet?
Jacob gave Johnny Fox 400 beaver pelts for her.
Jacob defended her honor and won her in a duel with mountain man Johnny Fox.
Jacob defeated Ben Franklin in a duel for the rights to Thunder Heart Woman.
Jacob saved the Medicine Wheel and she was thankful.
Ep.1 Many people in the Lakota tribe believed that Soaring Eagle:
does not want to trade with the white man.
planned to steal the Medicine Wheel necklace.
chased the buffalo away.
killed Growling Bear by poisoning him.
Ep.1 What happens to the grandparents at the end of the episode?
They are too weak to travel to a new camp and decide to remain behind and die together.
They catch Soaring Eagle in a lie.
They tell Loved By The Buffalo that he should leave and stop Growling Bear's vision.
They encourage Thunder Heart Woman and Jacob to go back to Virginia to meet his parents.
Ep.1 After performing the Sundance, Loved By The Buffalo's personal vision was:
The Ghost Dance will save our people.
A wooden wheel will break the stone wheel.
A great sickness will kill our people.
Growling Bear's vision was untue.
Ep.1 Complete Jacob's quote. "We have a wheel to take you from here to there. They have a wheel that will:
be flat in about 80 years.
be broken by wood.
make medicine.
take you to the stars.
Ep.2 Which child was born at Jacob's families home in Virginia?
Margaret
Abraham
Jacob Jr.
One Horn Bull
Ep.2 Which brother decided to go with Jacob on his second trip into the west?
Jethro
Enoch
Nathan
David
Ep.2 The Wheeler family welcomed Thunder Heart Woman with open arms and wanted to learn more about her culture.
True
False
Ep.2 Why did Dog Star and Running Fox split the tribe?
They couldn't agree on who should hunt the buffalo.
They were jealous of each other.
One wanted to follow traditional ways and the other wanted to trade and become more involved with the white man.
They were upset that their sister married a white man.
Ep.2 Which one of the following cousins DID NOT make the trip with Jacob?
Leah
Rachel
Naomi
Samson
Ep.2 How did Marquis Jones of Illinois get killed along the trail?
Drowned in the river.
Cholera
Trampled by cattle during a thunderstorm.
Died when the doctor amputated his leg.
Ep.2 What did the trail bosses make the women and children do after the buffalo herd came through?
Get in the wagons to stay safe.
Chase them over the cliff so they could get extra meat.
Pick up buffalo "chips" for fuel.
Go find Loved By The Buffalo.
Ep.2 What did Thunder Heart Woman see after the buffalo herd that she said was a "bad omen?"
Buffalo chips
Medicine Wheel
Thunderstorm
Wolves
Ep.2 Which cousin got captured by the Cheyenne warriors and had to marry Prairie Fire?
Rachel
Leah
Clara
Naomi
