Pasquala

Chapter 1

Musty

Having an odor or flavor of mold, as old buildings, having-closed rooms, or stale food.

If you smell a musty odor in your room, it means your room smell very old and bad.

Pictographs

The painted pictures on the cave walls

Symbols of pictures

Clapstick

Clapsticks or clappers are a type of drumstick

Shiver

A person or animal shaking uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited.

Soldado

Soldier: someone who serves in the army

Marshes or wetlands

An area of wet, low land.

The link between land and water

Rabbit-skin blanket

Used for keeping people warm

Chief

The leader of a group of people or clan

Traders

A person who buys and sells good, currency, or stocks

Pasquala Mother Father Soldados?

Who are the characters in the

story?

1. Why were the Yokuts hiding? 2. What do you think might have happened if

the man who entered the cave was a soldado? 3. Sometimes the Youts used signal fires to

warn each other of danger. What do we use today to warn others of danger?

4. How did Pasquala’s feelings change from the beginning of the chapter to the end? Give examples.

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1. Smoke signals warned them that strangers had

entered their valley 2. The Native Americans would have been

questioned and the soldados would have searched the village for runaway Indians from the missions.

3. To warn others of danger, we use signs, sirens, foghorns, and flags, etc.

4. Pasquala was frightened as she sat in the cave. She sat quietly and turned her face to the cave wall. At the end of the chapter, she was happy with her family and the tribe.

Chapter 1 answers