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Chief Joseph and Nez Perce History

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 10hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

(Page 3) When did Sound of Running Feet become a woman?

a)

When she left home.

b)

When she confronted the settlers.

c)

When she removed and took her grandfather's rifle.

d)

When children sat in the doorway.

2.

(Page 2) Who do not build cabins?

a)

Settlers

b)

Miners

c)

Native Americans

d)

Europeans

3.

(Page 3) True or false, her father loved the rifle.

a)

True

b)

false

4.

(Page 4-5) What kind of tatoos did Storm Cloud have?

a)

butterflies

b)

Ne-mee-poo

c)

snake

d)

clouds

5.

What was Storm Cloud acting as a translator (he understood both Nez Perce and English) for settlers? (4-5)

a)

Because he spoke English

b)

Because he was mixed up in a murder

c)

Because he had a hole in his nose.

d)

Because he was being paid in berries.

6.

(Page 6) What were the settlers doing on the Nez Perce land?

a)

horses

b)

gold

c)

land

d)

villages

7.

Sound of Running Feet's father, Chief Joseph, is the chieftain of what? (page 7)

a)

Hawk's Peak

b)

Ne-mee-poo

c)

Howard

d)

Red Coats

8.

(Page 8) Who was an honored priest of the Dreamers and leader of the rovers from the Seven Devils country?

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Old Joseph

c)

Sound of Running Feet

d)

Too-hul-hul-sote

e)

Nez Perce

9.

Who were the Red Coats (8-9)

a)

General Howard's men

b)

warriors sworn to fight soldiers

c)

the Dreamers

d)

The Europeans

10.

Where did General Howard want the Nez Perce to move to?

a)

Lapwai

b)

Montana

c)

Canada

d)

The mountains

11.

Who was Sound of Running Feet engaged to?

a)

Ne-mee-poo

b)

Jason Upright

c)

Red Moccasin

d)

Swan Necklace

12.

(Pages 14-15) Which piece of evidence shows that the general did not care about the Nez Perce home and culture?

a)

"You do not understand that Wallowa is my home?

b)

"I wondered if my guardian spirit would come"

c)

"I climbed down happy from the snow mountain"

d)

He "was not listening. He said something to one of his soldiers".

13.

Who is Thunder Rolling in the Mountains? (15)

a)

Sound of Running Feet

b)

Too-hul-hul-sote

c)

Chief Joseph

d)

The spirit chief

14.

What did Thunder Rolling in the Mountains call his homeland? (15)

a)

The Land of Wandering Waters

b)

Lapwai

c)

Too hul-hul-sote

d)

Spirit Mountain of the West

15.

Which statement shows how the Sound of Running Feet was different from the other girls in her village? Do not forget, she was not shy or scared. (16-17)

a)

"Chief Joseph had given in to the one armed general"

b)

"I saw the Red Coats scramble out of the bushes"

c)

"Now I speak my last words, If you have not moved your tribe from tis place before thirty suns have risen and set, then I shall send soldiers"

d)

"I saw myself take aim with my rifle and shoot a soldier from his horse".

16.

Which statement best shows why Chief Joseph did not fight back the settlers? (18-19)

a)

"many soldiers camp on our lake. As many as we have warriors, and they all carry guns"

b)

"Sitting Bull, the great Sioux Chieftain, did not run"

c)

"but it cannot stand against against someone stronger"

d)

"My father held up his hand."

17.

When can Sound of Running Feet and Swan Necklace be married? (21-22)

a)

"Red Moccasin Tops will teach you"

b)

"They brought us here to drown"

c)

"Not until the one armed general and soldiers are driven from Wallowa, my father said.

d)

The booming voice of Two Moons called his name.

18.

Who fought Custer and killed all of Custer's soldiers? page 19-20

a)

General Howard

b)

Chief Joseph

c)

Sitting Bull

d)

To-hul-hul-sote

19.

*Hint, look towards the front of the book. What state was Lapwai located?

a)

Montana

b)

Wyoming

c)

California

d)

Washington

e)

Idaho

20.

*Hint, look towards the front of the book. What state was the Battle of Bear Paw fought?

a)

Idaho

b)

Washington

c)

Nebraska

d)

Montana

21.

(Page 3) When did Sound of Running Feet become a woman?

a)

When she left home.

b)

When she confronted the settlers.

c)

When she removed and took her grandfather's rifle.

d)

When children sat in the doorway.

22.

(Page 2) Who do not build cabins?

a)

Settlers

b)

Miners

c)

Native Americans

d)

Europeans

23.

(Page 3) True or false, her father loved the rifle.

a)

True

b)

false

24.

(Page 4-5) What kind of tatoos did Storm Cloud have?

a)

butterflies

b)

Ne-mee-poo

c)

snake

d)

clouds

25.

What was Storm Cloud acting as a translator (he understood both Nez Perce and English) for settlers? (4-5)

a)

Because he spoke English

b)

Because he was mixed up in a murder

c)

Because he had a hole in his nose.

d)

Because he was being paid in berries.

26.

(Page 6) What were the settlers doing on the Nez Perce land?

a)

horses

b)

gold

c)

land

d)

villages

27.

Sound of Running Feet's father, Chief Joseph, is the chieftain of what? (page 7)

a)

Hawk's Peak

b)

Ne-mee-poo

c)

Howard

d)

Red Coats

28.

(Page 8) Who was an honored priest of the Dreamers and leader of the rovers from the Seven Devils country?

a)

Chief Joseph

b)

Old Joseph

c)

Sound of Running Feet

d)

Too-hul-hul-sote

e)

Nez Perce

29.

Who were the Red Coats (8-9)

a)

General Howard's men

b)

warriors sworn to fight soldiers

c)

the Dreamers

d)

The Europeans

30.

Where did General Howard want the Nez Perce to move to?

a)

Lapwai

b)

Montana

c)

Canada

d)

The mountains

31.

Who was Sound of Running Feet engaged to?

a)

Ne-mee-poo

b)

Jason Upright

c)

Red Moccasin

d)

Swan Necklace

32.

(Pages 14-15) Which piece of evidence shows that the general did not care about the Nez Perce home and culture?

a)

"You do not understand that Wallowa is my home?

b)

"I wondered if my guardian spirit would come"

c)

"I climbed down happy from the snow mountain"

d)

He "was not listening. He said something to one of his soldiers".

33.

Who is Thunder Rolling in the Mountains? (15)

a)

Sound of Running Feet

b)

Too-hul-hul-sote

c)

Chief Joseph

d)

The spirit chief

34.

What did Thunder Rolling in the Mountains call his homeland? (15)

a)

The Land of Wandering Waters

b)

Lapwai

c)

Too hul-hul-sote

d)

Spirit Mountain of the West

35.

Which statement shows how the Sound of Running Feet was different from the other girls in her village? Do not forget, she was not shy or scared. (16-17)

a)

"Chief Joseph had given in to the one armed general"

b)

"I saw the Red Coats scramble out of the bushes"

c)

"Now I speak my last words, If you have not moved your tribe from tis place before thirty suns have risen and set, then I shall send soldiers"

d)

"I saw myself take aim with my rifle and shoot a soldier from his horse".

36.

Which statement best shows why Chief Joseph did not fight back the settlers? (18-19)

a)

"many soldiers camp on our lake. As many as we have warriors, and they all carry guns"

b)

"Sitting Bull, the great Sioux Chieftain, did not run"

c)

"but it cannot stand against against someone stronger"

d)

"My father held up his hand."

37.

When can Sound of Running Feet and Swan Necklace be married? (21-22)

a)

"Red Moccasin Tops will teach you"

b)

"They brought us here to drown"

c)

"Not until the one armed general and soldiers are driven from Wallowa, my father said.

d)

The booming voice of Two Moons called his name.

38.

Who fought Custer and killed all of Custer's soldiers? page 19-20

a)

General Howard

b)

Chief Joseph

c)

Sitting Bull

d)

To-hul-hul-sote

39.

*Hint, look towards the front of the book. What state was Lapwai located?

a)

Montana

b)

Wyoming

c)

California

d)

Washington

e)

Idaho

40.

*Hint, look towards the front of the book. What state was the Battle of Bear Paw fought?

a)

Idaho

b)

Washington

c)

Nebraska

d)

Montana

41.

(Page 3) When did Sound of Running Feet become a woman?

a)

When she left home.

b)

When she confronted the settlers.

c)

When she removed and took her grandfather's rifle.

d)

When children sat in the doorway.