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- 1. Multiple ChoiceLook at the last sentence in paragraph two of "The Legend of the Cedar Tree". What does the phrase "on edge" mean in the last sentence?touchy and grumpyhot and sweatyworried and scaredtired and overworked
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe people are able to learn from their mistakes. Which of the following sentences from the passage best supports this statement?"The people had to constantly gather wood for fires to keep warm.""The Ouga restored day and night, each day forming a perfect boundary of light and darkness.""People could hunt and there was plenty to eat.""They were happy and humbled and vowed never again to take their many blessings for granted."
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements best expresses the theme of the passage?People usually make poor choices.When there is balance in life, there is harmony.Those who came before should be remembered.Without darkness and light, crops cannot grow.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these describes the most important method the author uses to develop the theme?By showing the Ouga as an all-powerful beingBy closing the story with details about the cedar treeBy emphasizing how much the Ouga loves the people and wants to please themBy describing what happens when there is only night and when there is only day
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe author contrasts Ouga's point of view with the people's point of view. Which statement from the passage best shows how the author develops the different points of view?"And because there was only daylight, it was always hot, so hot that sleep was impossible.""The people already tired from long hours of work, became short tempered and irritable.""The Ouga hesitated, knowing that there is purpose in all things created in twos-day and night, birth and death, joy and sadness.""They could not see to hunt and with no crops to harvest, they became hungry and weak."
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich sentence from the story reveals that the people suffer for their mistakes?"...they came to believe that their lives would be easier if there was only daylight and no darkness.""So, they sent their cries skyward in hopes that the Ouga, their creator, would hear them.""They could not see to hunt and with no crops to harvest, they became hungry and weak.""...they remember to pause and honor the brothers and sisters who came before them."
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