A River Ran Wild
- 1.Name three animals lived along the river.
- 2.What mountain did the natives settle near?
- A.
Mt. Washington
- B.
Rocky Mountains
- C.
Mt. Wachusset
- D.
Mt. Kilimanjaro
- 3.How did the native people get everything they needed?
- A.
From the grocery store or Walmart.
- B.
They traded with their friends.
- C.
From the river, land and forest.
- 4.When the white man came with gifts, what was built?
- 5.What were some bad things that the new white skinned settlers started doing?
- 6.What happened at the time of the American Revolution?
- A.
Logs were floated down the river for saw mills.
- B.
Many new machines were invented.
- C.
Materials from the land were used to make everything.
- 7.What happened to the river after the Industrial Revolution?
- 8.What happened to the animals in the river after it became polluted?
- 9.What was the main source of pollution in the Nashua River?
- A.
Dye
- B.
Fiber
- C.
Chemicals
- D.
Pulp
- 10.What was the Indian's nick name for the Nashaway River?
- A.
The clear River.
- B.
Dirty River.
- C.
River of hope.
- D.
River with the Pebbled Bottom.
- 11.What event made the Indians realize that something must be done to help their river?
- A.
A dream.
- B.
All of the pollution.
- C.
A T.V. show.
- D.
A ghost.
- 12.The Indians convinced the towns:
- A.
To stop polluting.
- B.
To clean up the waste.
- C.
To build plants to process waste.
- D.
All of the above.
- 13.How long did it take for the Nashua river to become clean again?
- A.
A few months.
- B.
Several years.
- C.
A couple of days.
- D.
Three weeks.
- 14.The river in the end of the story is:
- A.
Still polluted.
- B.
Gone.
- C.
Similar to the way it was a long time ago.
- 15.How did the Indians feel about the new settlers?
- A.
They became close friends.
- B.
They didn't care that they were their.
- C.
They disliked them.
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