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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and Carlisle Indian Football Team

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was Pop Warner's nickname as a child?

a)

Tubby

b)

Butter

c)

Butters

d)

Pop

2.

What tribe did Jim Thorpe identify himself with?

a)

Navajo

b)

Sac and Fox

c)

Iroquois

d)

Delaware

3.

What was the play called in the early days of football, where the defense and offense would run to the center of the field for the ball?

a)

scrimmage

b)

bulldog play

c)

mass play

d)

the charge

4.

Why did Jim look up to Blackhawk?

a)

His fashion sense

b)

His name

c)

His love of people

d)

His strength

5.

In what year was the Carlisle Indian School founded?

a)

1869

b)

1868

c)

1879

d)

1888

6.

Why didn't many tribes trust Richard Pratt in his quest?

a)

He was white

b)

He was a military officer

c)

He spoke with a weird accent

d)

He wasn't polite

7.

How did students react to the rules set forth by Pratt?

a)

They were fine

b)

They protested

c)

They cried

d)

They revolted

8.

In the early days of football, the "big four" teams were Princeton, Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and ....

a)

Yale

b)

Columbia

c)

Army

d)

Carlisle

9.

Whose death impacted Jim the most?

a)

His mother

b)

His father

c)

His twin Charlie

d)

His Aunt Betty

10.

Why did Pratt finally allow football at Carlisle?

a)

Good exercise

b)

Good usage of time

c)

Good promotion

d)

Good for the press

11.

How would students still speak in their native languages?

a)

They would whisper

b)

They would bellow

c)

They would cough

d)

They would sing

12.

How many football players died at the peak of deaths in 1905?

a)

19

b)

11

c)

13

d)

17

13.

Teddy Roosevelt used which word to describe how men would become without toughness?

a)

capricious

b)

mollycoddle

c)

insanse

d)

jellyroll

14.

Why did Pop Warner leave Cornell to return to Carlisle?

a)

He didn't feel respected

b)

The salary

c)

The players

d)

He wanted a change of scenery

15.

When Jim was not in school, which job did he work, and do particularly well in?

a)

bank clerk

b)

teacher

c)

carpenter

d)

ranch hand

16.

Which play involved a play hiding the ball in his shirt?

a)

The disappearing play

b)

the hidden ball play

c)

the hoodwink

d)

the mystery play

17.

The meeting between President Roosevelt and the college football teams was seen as the start of....

a)

The SEC

b)

The NFL

c)

The NCAA

d)

The WNBA

18.

When students would work on white families' farms over the summer, what was that called?

a)

work study

b)

the agriculture program

c)

the outing program

d)

study abroad

19.

What surprised reporters when they came ot Carlisle?

a)

the new haircuts

b)

the nice grounds

c)

the polite students

d)

the equalty among men and women

20.

What other sport did Jim participate in at Carlisle?

a)

basketball

b)

track and field

c)

wrestling

d)

cross country

21.

What components did Pop Warner believe made a team great?

a)

blocking

b)

tackling

c)

scoring

d)

a and b

22.

Which team was most scared about facing Carlisle?

a)

Harvard

b)

Columbia

c)

Army

d)

Princeton

23.

While at Carlisle, how did Jim make money over the summer?

a)

barber

b)

plumber

c)

playing baseball

d)

playing basketball

24.

Why did Pop and Jim not always get along?

a)

Pop was racist

b)

Jim was rude

c)

Both were stubborn

d)

Both were not good at communicating

25.

Why did Pop think the team began to play better?

a)

Thier natural ability

b)

Jim's leadership

c)

Natives vs. Whites

d)

The loss of rougher play

e)

T

26.

When did Native Americans become full American citizens?

a)

1924

b)

1927

c)

1923

d)

1928

27.

Which Olympics Games did Jim try out for?

a)

1912 Berlin

b)

1912 Stockholm

c)

1908 London

d)

1916 Paris

28.

Who was the last major victory Carlisle got against?

a)

Columbia

b)

University of Pennsylvania

c)

Syracuse

d)

Army

29.

Which future US President faced Jim Thorpe?

a)

William Howard Taft

b)

Teddy Roosevelt

c)

Dwight Eisenhower

d)

Gerald Ford

30.

Jim Thorpe was born in the Indian Territory, located in the present day state of....

a)

Texas

b)

Arizona

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Oklahoma