Question 1

Question

A) What is true about stories from a culture’s oral tradition? (1 point)
They still use structures that will be familiar to modern readers.
They will be uninteresting to people from other cultures.
They involve a person going on a long journey.
They involve problems that are unresolved.
Question 2
A)
Use the story to answer the question.
The Little Mice
Once upon a time a prairie mouse busied herself all fall storing away a cache of beans.
Every morning she was out early with her empty cast-off snake skin, which she filled with
ground beans and dragged home with her teeth.
The little mouse had a cousin who was fond of dancing and talk, but who did not like to work.
She was not careful to get her cache of beans and the season was already well gone before
she thought to bestir herself. When she came to realize her need, she found she had no
packing bag. So she went to her hardworking cousin and said:
"Cousin, I have no beans stored for winter and the season is nearly gone. But I have no
snakeskin to gather the beans in. Will you lend me one?"
"But why have you no packing bag? Where were you in the moon when the snakes cast off
their skins?"
"I was here."
"What were you doing?"
"I was busy talking and dancing."
"And now you are punished," said the other. "It is always so with lazy, careless people. But I
will let you have the snakeskin. And now go, and by hard work and industry, try to recover
your wasted time."
What does the first mouse think of her cousin?
(1 point)
She is lazy.
She is smart.
She is helpful.
She is a good dancer.
Question 3
A)
Use the story to answer the question.
The Black Horse
I had been riding my black horse through the thickets of pitahaya from early morning until
past midday. I had no water and the sweetness of the pitahaya honey caused me great
thirst. There was no place within one hundred and sixty kilometers where I could get any
water. I was getting desperate, thinking I might die any minute.
But at that moment some great, beautiful clouds formed. I looked at those clouds and
jumped on my horse and rode to the top of a hill. I carried a long stick with a fork on the end
of it. When I got there, I kicked my horse with my wooden spurs and he gave a great jump
up toward the clouds, and I, with my forked stick, made a stab at the cloud. My aim was
good. As we came down, we were followed by a torrent of freshwater.
I drank and also my horse drank and we both bathed. Water ran in all the washes. It ran
deep in Sabino arroyo. From that time on there has been water in Sabino arroyo, for which
we all have to thank my wonderful horse.
The structure of the story, “The Black Horse” features which type of structure?
(1 point)
problem and solution
sort and classify
cause and effect
compare and contrast
Question 4
A)
Use the story to answer the question.
The Black Horse
I had been riding my black horse through the thickets of pitahaya from early morning until
past midday. I had no water and the sweetness of the pitahaya honey caused me great
thirst. There was no place within one hundred and sixty kilometers where I could get any
water. I was getting desperate, thinking I might die any minute.
But at that moment some great, beautiful clouds formed. I looked at those clouds and
jumped on my horse and rode to the top of a hill. I carried a long stick with a fork on the end
of it. When I got there, I kicked my horse with my wooden spurs and he gave a great jump
up toward the clouds, and I, with my forked stick, made a stab at the cloud. My aim was
good. As we came down, we were followed by a torrent of freshwater.
I drank and also my horse drank and we both bathed. Water ran in all the washes. It ran
deep in Sabino arroyo. From that time on there has been water in Sabino arroyo, for which
we all have to thank my wonderful horse.
What is the problem faced by the rider of the black horse?
(1 point)
The skies are cloudy, and it is about to rain.
His horse is tired of carrying the rider.
The rider is thirsty, and there is no water.
The arroyo is going to overflow its banks.
Question 5
A) Words such as loot, safari, and cartoon are words found in the English language. However,
these words are actually from heritage languages. What are these words called? (1 point)
root words
inherited words
original words
borrowed word

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions:

Question 1: A) What is true about stories from a culture’s oral tradition?
Answer: They still use structures that will be familiar to modern readers.

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Question 2: A) What does the first mouse think of her cousin?
Answer: She is lazy.

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Question 3: A) The structure of the story, “The Black Horse” features which type of structure?
Answer: problem and solution

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Question 4: A) What is the problem faced by the rider of the black horse?
Answer: The rider is thirsty, and there is no water.

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Question 5: A) What are these words called?
Answer: borrowed words