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- 1. Multiple Choice
Who has been carving totem poles for hundreds of years?
native people who live on many South Pacific islands
hunters who trap beaver and fox in the mountains
people who live along the Pacific coast of Alaska and Canada
people from China who moved to California and Mexico
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which is not true about the figures carved on totem poles?
They help to tell stories.
They help to tell stories.
They tell the history of a clan.
They have no special meanings.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is a family’s or clan’s crest?
a secret only the clan knows
their special carver
a special symbol
a story about an animal
- 4. Multiple Choice
What would be the best reason to have a team of carvers work on one totem pole?
It takes less time to finish with several people working.
Museums want the ones that many people worked on.
One person gets too tired if he tries to carve it all.
Each person has a special animal they carve best.
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the main idea of the section titled “Totem Poles Come Home”?
Many houses have totem poles that are part of the house itself.
European explorers were impressed by the many totem poles they found.
A law was passed to return totem poles to their original homes.
House poles show the wealth and status of a family.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of the sentences below states a fact?
The master carver always draws beautiful designs.
Carving a big pole can take nine months.
A potlatch is the best part of making a totem pole.
Carving a bird from a block of wood is hard work.
- 7. Multiple Choice
When do the helpers start work?
after the tree is cut down
when the totem pole is in a museum
after the master carver draws the designs
after the totem pole is raised
- 8. Multiple Choice
What detail tells about how totem poles are carved?
Many totem poles from Alaska and Canada ended up in museums.
Mortuary poles are like gravestones.
Some totem poles welcome visitors to a village.
The carver chips away the soft outer wood.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why were totem poles put into museums?
People were interested in looking at them.
People wanted to carve others just like these.
People didn’t think they were safe where they were.
People who created them didn’t want them anymore.
- 10. Multiple Choice
A house with a totem pole attached means_______
someone died in that house
the family is wealthy and respected
the house is now a museum
all of the above
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