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WorksheetsThunder Rolling in the Mountains Comprehension Quizizz
Total questions: 79
Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins
Who is the narrator?
Swan Necklace
Chief Joseph
Sound of Running Feet
Justin Upright
How long does General Howard give Chief Joseph to get his people to Lapwai?
30 moons
30 suns
50 suns
50 moons
What does Chief Joseph think his people should do?
Stand and fight the whites
Flee to Canada
Avoid any bloodshed
Stay in Wallowa
How long is a "moon"
one year
one day
one month
less than a week
How long is a sun?
a day
a week
a month
a year
What is Chief Joseph's other name?
Stands with Fist
Swan Necklace
Red Moccasin
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
hard and severe in nature or manner
stern
strewn
gulch
contempt
To move in a sly or secret manner or to hide or conceal oneself
stern
skulking
mistook
loom
To bring to a stop
skulking
gulch
barren
halt
appear or stand over someone in a threatening way.
skulking
halted
mistook
loom
producing inferior or little to no vegetation
barren
gulch
misshapen
contempt
badly shaped
misshapen
mistook
strewn
stern
to regard or identify wrongly as something or someone else.
halted
barren
misshapen
mistook
a narrow and steep-sided ravine marking the course of a fast stream.
gulch
loom
barren
skulking
The mat should not be put in the dryer because it might shrink or become __________.
barren
halted
mistook
misshapen
All of our luggage was ________ about the hotel room.
strewn
stern
misshapen
contempt
Tu-hul-hul-sote compares the earth to what?
a father
his heart
the universe
a mother
True or False: A misinterpretation is when someone is prosperous
True
False
True or False:
Thriving is a country that is your home; your native land
True
False
True or False:
Values are the ideas, beliefs, and attitudes about what is important that help guide your actions
True
False
True or False:
An impact is an effect on a situation or on someone
True
False
to give up
impact
truce
surrender
poverty
land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans
reservation
betrayed
descendants
plain words
not enough
sustain
inadequate
surrender
descendants
people who come from a particular group of ancestors
descendants
plain words
reservation
betrayed
to pay attention to
grieved
liberty
heed
homeland
hurt by someone or something that had once been loyal or useful
culture
surrender
truce
betrayed
True or False:
Celebrating holidays, events like Bar Mitzvahs and Quinceneras, or even Sunday dinner can be considered part of someone's customs.
True
False
True or False:
When things are said in plain words, they are easy to understand.
True
False
True or False:
A truce is when two sides temporarily stop fighting
True
False
Another word for a conflict is a
problem
belief
custom
treaty
Beliefs are...
A struggle between opposing forces; problem
people who come from a particular ancestor or group of ancestors
Respecting the rights of others and giving them what is rightfully theirs
specific ideas that people hold to be true; customs, faith, religion, traditions
The ________ of the Nez Perce included the belief that nature was extremely important.
subsistence
culture
poverty
jutice
Before settlers took the land of the Nez Perce, the Nez Perce were very _________ while living off the land.
sustain
surrender
prosperous
inadequate
Who is the narrator of the novel?
Swan Necklace
Chief Joseph
Sound of Running Feet
The Spirit Chief
Chief Joseph is the leader of the...
United States Army
Nez Perce
General Howard is the leader of the
Nez Perce
United States Army
Chief Joseph is...
The narrator's brother
The narrator's father
The leader of the United States Army
The narrator's boyfriend
Lapwai is...
The place where the Nez Perce were relocated
The name of Chief Joseph's brother
The name for an angry Nez Perce member
The name of the treaty.
Which statement best describes Chief Joseph?
He is very angry and wants to fight the white settlers.
He wants peace and nonviolence more than anything else.
He supports war but doesn't want to fight himself.
He wants to give up his land and do whatever the government says.
Sound of Running Feet is more interested in:
Peace and going to the reservation
War and keeping the land
What does the word prosperity mean?
to be poor
wealth and riches
to have a job
to help others
What does the word settlers mean?
people from the beach
people that are lost
people who give their land to others
people who move to new places to start a new community
Which word fits in this sentence?
The Native Americans signed a ____________ with the white settlers so their would be peace.
conflict
settler
treaty
reservation
What is an area of land the US government forced Native Americans to move and live on?
prosperity
conflict
reservation
treaty
What do you call an argument or fight between two opposing sides?
fight
scuffle
conflict
treaty
Fill in the blank.
Sound of Running Feet saw a _______ as she was riding through the woods with her cousin.
friends
settler
gold
reservation
What is an area of land the US government forced Native Americans to move and live on?
prosperity
conflict
reservation
treaty
Fill in the blank.
The Native Americans had great _____________ on their homeland.
food
setters
prosperity
water
What slows Chief Joseph, SORF, and Springtime from crossing the Snake River?
Sound of Running Feet refuses to cross the river because she wants to stay and fight.
Springtime wants to have her baby in their homeland, Wallowa and refuses to leave until she has her baby.
Chief Joseph briefly changes his mind about wanting to leave.
White soldiers stop them to talk to them.
What is the reason Chief Joseph gives to General Howard as to why they cannot leave Wallowa in 30 days?
They won't have enough time to pack
They want to stay and fight
The Snake River is flooding
They don't know how to get to Lapwai
In chapter 2, why does Chief Joseph not want to fight the white people?
There are too many of them
He does want to fight them
They have no weapons
He doesn't believe in weapons
Chief Joseph is the leader of the...
United States Army
Nez Perce
General Howard is the leader of the
Nez Perce
United States Army
What does the word settlers mean?
people from the beach
people that are lost
people who give their land to others
people who move to new places to start a new community
Which sentence shows "personification"?
[1] Once, before there were any people in the world, the different animals and trees lived and moved about and talked together just like human beings. [2] The pine trees had the secret of fire and guarded it jealously, so that no matter how cold it was, they alone could warm themselves. [3] At length an unusually cold winter came and all the animals were in danger of freezing to death.
1
2
3
4
Compare means to examine two or more things for (a)
To contrast means to examine two or more things for (a)
Select all that explain why the Nez Perce shared oral storytelling.
stories were told for fun
children had a difficulty reading such lengthy stories
as a way to hand down knowledge from each generation
to explain why the landscape and animals are shaped the way they are
What words describe Coyote?
mean
clever
careful planner
sneaky
__________________ means to work together with others to accomplish something.
descend
ascend
devour
collaborate
Are grieving and mourning synonyms or antonyms?
synonyms
antonyms
You should heed your substitute teacher's directions. What does heed mean?
listen to and obey
ignore
make up your own rules
The Native Americans suffered when the white settlers moved in and forced them off their land.
True
False
My friend ____________________ me and told my secret after she promised not to.
misinterpretations
conflict
truce
betrayed
I have an ___________________ number of pencils in my jar right now and need to refill it.
betrayed
justice
liberty
inadequate
True or False:
An impact is an effect on a situation or on someone
True
False
people who come from a particular group of ancestors
descendants
plain words
reservation
betrayed
True or False:
Celebrating holidays, events like Bar Mitzvahs and Quinceneras, or even Sunday dinner can be considered part of someone's customs.
True
False
The ________ of the Nez Perce included the belief that nature was extremely important.
subsistence
culture
poverty
jutice
What is a prefix?
a word part added to the beginning of a word
a word part added to the end of a word
the main part of a word that holds basic meaning
how the word gets water to grow
What is a root of a word?
a word part added to the beginning of a word
a word part added to the end of a word
the main part of a word that holds basic meaning
how the word gets water to grow
What is a suffix?
a word part added to the beginning of a word
a word part added to the end of a word
the main part of a word that holds basic meaning
how the word gets water to grow
The prefix anti- means...
before
against
same
bad
The prefix co- means...
against
before
together
around
The suffix -able means...
able to be, worthy of
state or quality
result of an action
of the kind
The Greek root bio means
star
air
life
center
This Latin root means "water"...
aud
vid/vis
aqua
The suffix -able means...
able to be, worthy of
state or quality
result of an action
of the kind
