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WorksheetsChief Joseph and Nez Perce History
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 10hrs 15mins
(Page 3) When did Sound of Running Feet become a woman?
When she left home.
When she confronted the settlers.
When she removed and took her grandfather's rifle.
When children sat in the doorway.
(Page 2) Who do not build cabins?
Settlers
Miners
Native Americans
Europeans
(Page 3) True or false, her father loved the rifle.
True
false
(Page 4-5) What kind of tatoos did Storm Cloud have?
butterflies
Ne-mee-poo
snake
clouds
What was Storm Cloud acting as a translator (he understood both Nez Perce and English) for settlers? (4-5)
Because he spoke English
Because he was mixed up in a murder
Because he had a hole in his nose.
Because he was being paid in berries.
(Page 6) What were the settlers doing on the Nez Perce land?
horses
gold
land
villages
Sound of Running Feet's father, Chief Joseph, is the chieftain of what? (page 7)
Hawk's Peak
Ne-mee-poo
Howard
Red Coats
(Page 8) Who was an honored priest of the Dreamers and leader of the rovers from the Seven Devils country?
Chief Joseph
Old Joseph
Sound of Running Feet
Too-hul-hul-sote
Nez Perce
Who were the Red Coats (8-9)
General Howard's men
warriors sworn to fight soldiers
the Dreamers
The Europeans
Where did General Howard want the Nez Perce to move to?
Lapwai
Montana
Canada
The mountains
Who was Sound of Running Feet engaged to?
Ne-mee-poo
Jason Upright
Red Moccasin
Swan Necklace
(Pages 14-15) Which piece of evidence shows that the general did not care about the Nez Perce home and culture?
"You do not understand that Wallowa is my home?
"I wondered if my guardian spirit would come"
"I climbed down happy from the snow mountain"
He "was not listening. He said something to one of his soldiers".
Who is Thunder Rolling in the Mountains? (15)
Sound of Running Feet
Too-hul-hul-sote
Chief Joseph
The spirit chief
What did Thunder Rolling in the Mountains call his homeland? (15)
The Land of Wandering Waters
Lapwai
Too hul-hul-sote
Spirit Mountain of the West
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)
"Chief Joseph had given in to the one armed general"
"I saw the Red Coats scramble out of the bushes"
"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"
"I saw myself take aim with my rifle and shoot a soldier from his horse".
Which statement best shows why Chief Joseph did not fight back the settlers? (18-19)
"many soldiers camp on our lake. As many as we have warriors, and they all carry guns"
"Sitting Bull, the great Sioux Chieftain, did not run"
"but it cannot stand against against someone stronger"
"My father held up his hand."
When can Sound of Running Feet and Swan Necklace be married? (21-22)
"Red Moccasin Tops will teach you"
"They brought us here to drown"
"Not until the one armed general and soldiers are driven from Wallowa, my father said.
The booming voice of Two Moons called his name.
Who fought Custer and killed all of Custer's soldiers? page 19-20
General Howard
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
To-hul-hul-sote
*Hint, look towards the front of the book. What state was Lapwai located?
Montana
Wyoming
California
Washington
Idaho
*Hint, look towards the front of the book. What state was the Battle of Bear Paw fought?
Idaho
Washington
Nebraska
Montana
(Page 3) When did Sound of Running Feet become a woman?
When she left home.
When she confronted the settlers.
When she removed and took her grandfather's rifle.
When children sat in the doorway.
(Page 2) Who do not build cabins?
Settlers
Miners
Native Americans
Europeans
(Page 3) True or false, her father loved the rifle.
True
false
(Page 4-5) What kind of tatoos did Storm Cloud have?
butterflies
Ne-mee-poo
snake
clouds
What was Storm Cloud acting as a translator (he understood both Nez Perce and English) for settlers? (4-5)
Because he spoke English
Because he was mixed up in a murder
Because he had a hole in his nose.
Because he was being paid in berries.
(Page 6) What were the settlers doing on the Nez Perce land?
horses
gold
land
villages
Sound of Running Feet's father, Chief Joseph, is the chieftain of what? (page 7)
Hawk's Peak
Ne-mee-poo
Howard
Red Coats
(Page 8) Who was an honored priest of the Dreamers and leader of the rovers from the Seven Devils country?
Chief Joseph
Old Joseph
Sound of Running Feet
Too-hul-hul-sote
Nez Perce
Who were the Red Coats (8-9)
General Howard's men
warriors sworn to fight soldiers
the Dreamers
The Europeans
Where did General Howard want the Nez Perce to move to?
Lapwai
Montana
Canada
The mountains
Who was Sound of Running Feet engaged to?
Ne-mee-poo
Jason Upright
Red Moccasin
Swan Necklace
(Pages 14-15) Which piece of evidence shows that the general did not care about the Nez Perce home and culture?
"You do not understand that Wallowa is my home?
"I wondered if my guardian spirit would come"
"I climbed down happy from the snow mountain"
He "was not listening. He said something to one of his soldiers".
Who is Thunder Rolling in the Mountains? (15)
Sound of Running Feet
Too-hul-hul-sote
Chief Joseph
The spirit chief
What did Thunder Rolling in the Mountains call his homeland? (15)
The Land of Wandering Waters
Lapwai
Too hul-hul-sote
Spirit Mountain of the West
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)
"Chief Joseph had given in to the one armed general"
"I saw the Red Coats scramble out of the bushes"
"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"
"I saw myself take aim with my rifle and shoot a soldier from his horse".
Which statement best shows why Chief Joseph did not fight back the settlers? (18-19)
"many soldiers camp on our lake. As many as we have warriors, and they all carry guns"
"Sitting Bull, the great Sioux Chieftain, did not run"
"but it cannot stand against against someone stronger"
"My father held up his hand."
When can Sound of Running Feet and Swan Necklace be married? (21-22)
"Red Moccasin Tops will teach you"
"They brought us here to drown"
"Not until the one armed general and soldiers are driven from Wallowa, my father said.
The booming voice of Two Moons called his name.
Who fought Custer and killed all of Custer's soldiers? page 19-20
General Howard
Chief Joseph
Sitting Bull
To-hul-hul-sote
*Hint, look towards the front of the book. What state was Lapwai located?
Montana
Wyoming
California
Washington
Idaho
*Hint, look towards the front of the book. What state was the Battle of Bear Paw fought?
Idaho
Washington
Nebraska
Montana
(Page 3) When did Sound of Running Feet become a woman?
When she left home.
When she confronted the settlers.
When she removed and took her grandfather's rifle.
When children sat in the doorway.
