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Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did President Roosevelt want to go camping with John Muir?

a)

He wanted Muir to be the next president.

b)

He was interested in nature.

c)

He wanted Muir to build him a tent.

2.

What sparked Roosevelt to be interested in Muir?

a)

He read Muir's book, Our National Parks.

b)

He knew Muir wanted to write his biography.

c)

He thought Muir would want to go on a hunting trip with him.

3.

What was the cause of Roosevelt writing a letter to John Muir?

a)

He thought Muir would like to write a story about him.

b)

He wanted Muir to explore Yosemite with him.

c)

He thought Muir would show him how to cut down a large tree.

4.

Roosevelt demanded that he would not talk _________ for four days.

a)

animals

b)

the scenery

c)

politics

5.

Look at pages 52-53. What do the illustrations help you understand about the sequoia trees?

a)

The trees are small in comparison to other trees.

b)

The trees are gigantic in comparison to other trees.

c)

The trees are young saplings (young trees).

6.

To show that Roosevelt was interested in what he encountered each day, he pulled out a ________.

a)

notebook

b)

cup of coffee

c)

camera

7.

What was the effect of one seed that fell two thousand years ago?

a)

it provided bird food

b)

The Giant Grizzly (sequoia) tree sprouted from it.

c)

a squirrel buried it.

8.

scattered remains of something broken or destroyed

a)

sheer

b)

debris

c)

dignitary

d)

emphasis

9.

using special force or intensity when saying words

a)

emphasis

b)

naturalist

c)

indicated

d)

sheer

10.

an unexpected meeting

a)

spectacular

b)

preservation

c)

debris

d)

encounter

11.

a biologist who specializes in natural history ,like botany the study of plants or zoology the study of animals

a)

sheer

b)

dignitary

c)

naturalist

d)

debris

12.

What does the word "indicated" mean?

a)

explained

b)

found

c)

meant

d)

showed

13.

What does the word "sheer" mean?

a)

active

b)

enormous

c)

steep

d)

valuable

14.

Which of the following words is defined above?

a)

debris

b)

emphasis

c)

encounter

d)

naturalist

15.

Reorder the following to spell a vocab word

"The recipe was handed down in the family for 3 ____________"

a)

gen

b)

er

c)

a

d)

tion

e)

s

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
16.

Match the following

a)

sheer

1.

steep

b)

emphasis

2.

Thoreau closed his door with this

c)

debris

3.

scattered remains after a storm

d)

naturalist

4.

a person who studies plants and animals

e)

encounter

5.

to come across or run into something

17.

Draw a scene from Camping With The President