WorksheetsThunder Rolling in the Mountains
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who is the narrator?
Sounds of Running Feet
Chief Joseph
Swan Necklace
Two Moons
Which chieftain has made some bad decisions and cost the tribe much suffering?
Chief Joseph
Tu-hul-hul-sote
White Bird
Looking Glass
Which correctly describes the Red Coats?
The red coats are a group of young women who hunt buffalo meat for the tribe.
The red coats are a group of old men that stay behind to protect women and children.
The red coats are a group of white soldiers that hate the Nez Perce.
The red coats are a group of warriors that have sworn to fight the whites.
Looking Glass told his people that they could seek safety, or refuge with the (a) tribe.
What made the trip through the Bitterroot Mountains such a challenge?
not enough horses
Steep hills, narrow trails, rain, and little food
soldiers shooting at the people
Chief Joseph made his people travel too quickly.
What do the Nez Perce plan to do to seek safety from the whites?
attack a white settlement near Lapwai
try and beg the Crow for help
go south towards Colorado
go to Canada, the Old Lady's country
What was Sounds of Running Feet's mother's name?
(a)
The sun climbed half way of the sky. What type of figurative language is this?
simile
personification
idiom
metaphor
What type of figurative language is this?
The wind swept across the plain turning our bones to ice.
idioim
simile
metaphor
personification
What happened that alerted the Nez Perce that the Blue Coats were near?
Chief Joseph had a vision
a herd of stampeding buffalo
Wah-lit-tis spirit came back and warned the Nez Perce
The one armed general came and told them the blue coats were coming
What happened as the Blue Coats came into the Nez Perce camp on the cold icy plains?
Swan Necklace was killed by a Cheyenne warrior.
Chief Joseph was killed by General Howard.
Chief Joseph grabbed a pony and told Sounds of Running Feet to escape to Sitting Bull.
The Red Coats defeated and killed all of Blue Coats.
What type of figurative language?
We were too busy to talk but our eyes spoke for us.
personification
simile
idiom
metaphor
What type of figurative language?
Now and again a lone rifle barked.
idiom
simile
personification
metaphor
Why did the Nez Perce not start a fire after the battle with the white soldiers?
they didn't want the soldiers to see them
they did not have anything to start a fire with
the buffalo chips were wet
they could not find any wood
What type of figurative language?
His eyes were hot coals of fire.
personification
idiom
simile
metaphor
Swan Necklace will marry (a) .
