Beginning
1. (100 Points) What was frightening and attacking the people at the beginning of the story?
A. Wild animals and bears
B. Monsters and man-eating giants
C. Enemy soldiers with swords
D. Powerful storms and floods
B. Monsters and man-eating giants
6. (100 Points) How many nations joined together to form the League?
A. Five
B. Three
C. Seven
D. Ten
A. Five
11. (100 Points) What name did Ta-ren-ya-wa-gon take when he chose to live as a human?
A. Onondaga B. Hiawatha C. Mni-haha D. Seneca
B. Hiawatha
16. (100 Points) From which direction did the dangerous attacking tribes arrive?
A. South B. East C. North D. West
C. North
21. (100 Points) What did Hiawatha tell the five nations they needed to do to survive?
A. Fight against one another
B. Unite and work together
C. Move away from their homes
D. Choose one nation to rule the others
B. Unite and work together
2. (200 Points) Who came down from the heavens to help protect the people?
A. A giant eagle
B. The leader of the Mohawks
C. Ta-ren-ya-wa-gon
D. A mysterious warrior
C. Ta-ren-ya-wa-gon
7. (200 Points) Which TWO of these tribes were part of the Five Nations?
A. Cherokee and Apache
B. Navajo and Sioux
C. Comanche and Hopi
D. Mohawk and Oneida
D. Mohawk and Oneida
12. (200 Points) What important message did Hiawatha teach the people?
A. Each nation should fight for itself
B. The strongest nation should control the others
C. People should stop helping one another
D. People should live in peace and harmony
D. People should live in peace and harmony
17. (200 Points) What did Hiawatha tell the five nations to do when they were threatened?
A. Come together and wait for him
B. Run away and hide in the mountains
C. Fight against one another
D. Leave their homes forever
A. Come together and wait for him
22. (200 Points) What did the five firekeepers combine to represent unity?
A. Their weapons
B. Their canoes
C. Their food supplies
D. Their fires
D. Their fires
3. (300 Points) Where did Ta-ren-ya-wa-gon first take the people to keep them safe?
A. A cave near a river
B. A village in the mountains
C. A large forest
D. An island in a lake
A. A cave near a river
8. (300 Points) Which nation grew from the people called the Big-Tree people?
A. Seneca B. Mohawk C. Oneida D. Cayuga
C. Oneida
13. (300 Points) Which nation did Hiawatha choose to live among with his wife and daughter?
A. Mohawk B. Cayuga C. Onondaga D. Seneca
C. Onondaga
18. (300 Points) Where did the five nations gather to wait for Hiawatha?
A. Inside a mountain cave
B. In the middle of a forest
C. Along the Mississippi River
D. At the great council fire beside a lake
D. At the great council fire beside a lake
23. (300 Points) Hiawatha compared the five tribes working together to five what?
A. Fingers on one hand
B. Trees growing in a forest
C. Rivers flowing into a lake
D. Birds flying together
A. Fingers on one hand
4. (400 Points) What kind of large shared home did Ta-ren-ya-wa-gon build for the people?
A. A stone castle
B. A wooden fort
C. A tent
D. A longhouse
D. A longhouse
9. (400 Points) Which nation was especially skilled at using canoes on rivers?
A. Onondaga B. Cayuga C. Seneca D. Mohawk
B. Cayuga
14. (400 Points) What magical object did Hiawatha use to travel between nations?
A. A white birchbark canoe B. A flying horse C. A giant eagle D. A golden chariot
A. A white birchbark canoe
19. (400 Points) What carried Hiawatha's daughter into the sky?
A. A magical white canoe
B. An enormous mysterious bird
C. A powerful windstorm
D. A flying horse
B. An enormous mysterious bird
24. (400 Points) What was created when the five nations agreed to unite?
A. The United States of America
B. A kingdom ruled by one king
C. The League of Five Nations (Iroquois Confederacy)
D. A new tribe called the Hiawatha Nation
C. The League of Five Nations (Iroquois Confederacy)
5. (500 Points) What happened to each group's language when Ta-ren-ya-wa-gon separated and named them?
A. Everyone continued speaking the same language
B. They forgot how to speak
C. Each group began speaking its own language
D. They learned to speak the language of animals
C. Each group began speaking its own language
10. (500 Points) Which list correctly names all five nations that united?
A. Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca
B. Apache, Cherokee, Navajo, Hopi, Sioux
C. Mohawk, Cherokee, Seneca, Apache, Oneida
D. Onondaga, Sioux, Navajo, Cayuga, Mohawk
A. Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca
15. (500 Points) Why did Hiawatha travel from nation to nation?
A. To find treasure and become wealthy
B. To convince the nations to fight one another
C. To search for a new place to live
D. To teach peace, offer advice, and keep nature in balance
D. To teach peace, offer advice, and keep nature in balance
20. (500 Points) How did Hiawatha react to losing his daughter?
A. He covered himself with a panther robe and mourned for three days
B. He immediately left the nations
C. He became angry and attacked the other tribes
D. He celebrated with the people
A. He covered himself with a panther robe and mourned for three days
25. (500 Points) Why did Hiawatha believe the nations would be stronger together?
A. They could control all other nations
B. By working together, they could protect one another and create peace
C. They could stop growing their own food
D. Each nation would become more powerful by ignoring the others
B. By working together, they could protect one another and create peace