Benchmark Review- Trad. Lit.

What is the author's purpose for presenting the information in paragraphs 1 through 3 chronologically?

• To show how the warriors become overconfident and boastful before the conflict.

• To describe how the warriors prepare for battle and how they forget their traditions.

• To explain the history of the Iroquois tribe and their customs before the war.

• To build tension by showing the warriors' eagerness to fight and the growing conflict.

Which statement best describes the mice relationship with the warriors?

• They become friends because they help each other.

• They become friends because they have the same enemy.

• They are enemies because the warriors want to eat the mice.

• They are enemies because the warriors don't respect the mice.

Which characteristic of the story identifies it as a legend?

• The story explains how a war was started.

• The story discusses how the tribe was formed.

• The story is based on real people.

• The story includes facts about the Iroquois tribe.

Which point of view does the author use in the story?

• Third person, told by an outside observer

• First person, told by the mice

• Third person, told by a woman

• First person, told by the Iroquois

Which sentence from the story shows that the mice are not happy?

• Before the moon had risen, every warrior had been disarmed, and the mice had scampered away.

• Let us show these fierce warriors that it is the weak who are strong and the strong who are weak.

• When all the mice were gathered about the council tree, the leader spoke thus: "My brothers, listen!

• At this, all the mice set to work.

In paragraph 8, the word scampered means-

• ran

• rolled

• jumped

• walked