Worksheets Name

"Camping with the President" Class

Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins Date

1. Why did President Roosevelt want to go camping with John Muir?

a) He wanted Muir to be the next president. b) He was interested in nature.

c) He wanted Muir to build him a tent.

2. What sparked Roosevelt to be interested in Muir?

a) He read Muir's book, Our National Parks. b) He knew Muir wanted to write his biography.
c) He thought Muir would want to go on a hunting trip
with him.

3. What was the cause of Roosevelt writing a letter to John Muir?

a) He thought Muir would like to write a story about b) He wanted Muir to explore Yosemite with him.
him.
c) He thought Muir would show him how to cut down
a large tree.

4. Roosevelt demanded that he would not talk _________ for four days.

a) animals b) the scenery

c) politics

5. What do the illustrations help you understand about the sequoia trees?

a) The trees are small in comparison to other trees. b) The trees are gigantic in comparison to other trees.
c) The trees are young saplings (young trees).

6. To show that Roosevelt was interested in what he encountered each day, he pulled out a ________.

a) notebook b) cup of coffee

c) camera
7. What was the effect of one seed that fell two thousand years ago?

a) it provided bird food b) The Giant Grizzly (sequoia) tree sprouted from it.
c) a squirrel buried it.

8. How did Roosevelt react when he learned that men could saw down the giant sequoia trees?

a) He smiled from ear to ear. b) He wrote the information down in his notebook.
c) He shook his head in disgust.

9. During the camping, the president woke up one morning in a great, excited mood. Why?

a) He realized his adventure in the wilderness was b) Snow fell during the night.
over.
c) It had rained a great amount.

10. When you look at the illustrations, you can tell that Roosevelt is _______ about nature.

a) excited b) exhausted (tired)

c) disgusted (sickened)

11. Which sentence of the following is a simile?

a) "...the president took off his shoes..." b) "He was as happy as a boy out of school."
c) He waded in "the icy-cold stream."

12. Roosevelt listens closely to John Muir. Why?

a) He finds Muir's voice to be calming. b) Muir talks loud.

c) He respects Muir's advice on preserving the land.

13. Experiencing nature with Muir made Roosevelt _______________.

a) feel there was no need to visit the outdoors again b) feel stressed
c) appreciate it even more

14. After reading about Roosevelt, it is obvious that he wanted to be_____________.

a) independent and do things for himself b) surrounded by people from the White House
c) pampered and have people do everything for him
15. What year did Roosevelt go camping with Muir?

a) 1903 b) 1913
c) 1923 d) 1933

16. What synonym for the word awesome did Roosevelt use throughout the story.

a) fantastic b) bully
c) marvelous

17. scattered remains of something broken or destroyed

a) sheer b) debris
c) dignitary d) emphasis

18. using special force or intensity when saying words

a) emphasis b) naturalist
c) indicated d) sheer

19. an unexpected meeting

a) spectacular b) preservation
c) debris d) encounter

20. those being a step in a line from one ancestor

a) indicated b) generations
c) dignitary d) encounter

21. showed a sign, or to be a sign of

a) sheer b) generations
c) indicated d) preservation

22. a biologist who specializes in natural history

a) sheer b) dignitary
c) naturalist d) debris
23. very steep, a high vertical front

a) valley b) indicated
c) spectacular d) sheer

24. very unusual or thrilling in effect

a) spectacular b) sheer
c) generations d) indicated

25. What is the Grizzly Giant?

a) the largest grizzly bear in the world b) a giant sequoia tree in the Mariposa Grove
c) a steep waterfall in Yosemite National Park d) a huge granite boulder in Yosemite National Park

26. What problem did President Roosevelt face on his trip?

a) He had to sleep in the wilderness. b) Wild animals threatened their safety.

c) Charlie Leidig would not let him cook breakfast. d) Reporters and the Secret Service would not give
him privacy.

27. What inspired President Roosevelt to take a trip to the West?

a) He had always wanted to travel West. b) He read a book titled "Our National Parks."
c) He wanted to go camping with John Muir. d) He wanted to get away from the Secret Service.

28. Based on text evidence, you can conclude that...

a) President Roosevelt and John Muir became best b) President Roosevelt took many trips West during
friends. his presidency.
c) President Roosevelt planted sequoia trees on the d) President Roosevelt's trip West affected his views
White House property. on land preservation.

29. What did President Roosevelt learn about the Grizzly Giant from John Muir?

a) These Sequoia trees grow all over the world b) The giant sequoia trees spread little yellow seeds
c) These Sequoia trees grow only on the western
slope of the Sierra Nevada, but nowhere else
30. When Roosevelt woke up that morning, he recognized the "wonderful music". Where was the music coming
from?

a) From a record player that had been carried by a b) from a hermit thrush, his favorite bird
pack animal
c) from the bugle boy playing his bugle

31. A naturalist is a person who specializes in the study of _______.

a) biology b) chemistry
c) language d) nature

32. Why was President Roosevelt so upset that people had cut down sequoia trees?

a) The sequoia wood was not useful. b) He wanted to use them for building fence posts.
c) It would prevent future generations from seeing d) They were destroying the habitats of many
them. wilderness animals.

33. Why does the President listen so intently to John Muir?

a) Because Muir is a good story teller b) Because Roosevelt respected his advice on
preserving the land
c) Because John provided mattresses made of ferns
and fir branches

34. Why did the President want to go camping alone with John Muir?

a) He had already been to Yosemite before with a b) He wanted to see if he would run for president
crowd of people
c) He would enjoy hiking and talking with Muir d) He enjoyed being alone.
without the press following.

35. Why were the reporters disappointed?

a) They wanted to get in the picture with Roosevelt b) They couldn't come along on the trip
c) They couldn't get an interview with the president d) They forgot their tents

36. What was the purpose of President Theodore Roosevelt's camping trip to Yosemite National Park?

a) To meet with other politicians b) To hunt for wildlife

c) To visit a national park d) To go on vacation
37. What did President Roosevelt advocate for?

a) Preserving America's wilderness areas b) Ignoring America's wilderness areas

c) Destroying America's wilderness areas d) Exploiting America's wilderness areas

38. Cause: Roosevelt wants to talk with Muir and visit Yosemite National Park with him

a) Effect: Roosevelt wants to meet Muir and learn b) Effect: Roosevelt writes to John Muir and asks him
from him. to go camping
c) Effect: Muir teaches Roosevelt how to whistle to
birds

39. What is the author’s purpose from writing “Camping with the President”?

a) To persuade b) To Express
c) To inform d) To entertain

40. words that have the same spelling but different meanings

a) homophones b) homographs
c) synonyms d) antonyms

41. What genre is “Camping with the President”?

a) Realistic Fiction b) Biography

c) Expository Text d) Narrative Nonfiction
Answer Keys

1. b) He was interested in nature. 2. a) He read Muir's book, Our 3. b) He wanted Muir to explore
National Parks. Yosemite with him.

4. c) politics 5. b) The trees are gigantic in 6. a) notebook

comparison to other trees.

7. b) The Giant Grizzly (sequoia) 8. c) He shook his head in disgust. 9. b) Snow fell during the night.
tree sprouted from it.

10. a) excited 11. b) "He was as happy as a boy 12. c) He respects Muir's advice
out of school." on preserving the land.

13. c) appreciate it even more 14. a) independent and do things 15. a) 1903
for himself

16. b) bully 17. b) debris 18. a) emphasis

19. d) encounter 20. b) generations 21. c) indicated

22. c) naturalist 23. d) sheer 24. a) spectacular

25. b) a giant sequoia tree in the 26. d) Reporters and the Secret 27. c) He wanted to go camping
Mariposa Grove Service would not give him with John Muir.
privacy.

28. d) President Roosevelt's trip 29. c) These Sequoia trees grow 30. b) from a hermit thrush, his
West affected his views on only on the western slope favorite bird
land preservation. of the Sierra Nevada, but
nowhere else

31. d) nature 32. c) It would prevent future 33. b) Because Roosevelt

generations from seeing respected his advice on
them. preserving the land

34. c) He would enjoy hiking and 35. b) They couldn't come along 36. c) To visit a national park
talking with Muir without on the trip
the press following.

37. a) Preserving America's 38. b) Effect: Roosevelt writes to 39. c) To inform

wilderness areas John Muir and asks him to
go camping

40. b) homographs 41. d) Narrative Nonfiction