Introduction

Using the Web allows you to discover tons more than you may have ever known possible. Below is a list of questions about the topic of this page. Surf the Internet links on this page to find answers to the questions. Write the answers as you find them on your answer sheet.

Questions

1. Who is the Chief of Police at the Euclid Police Department?
   
   
2. Most collisions in Lewiston, Idaho occurred on _____A____/___B___ (16) and _____C____(3).
   
   
   How many collisions involved alcohol? (D)
   
   What are the top three causes for collisions? (E) When are collisions most likely to occur in Lewiston, Idaho? (F)
   
   
3. The U.S. government stripped American Indians of much of their ______A_______ and forced them to live on ______B_____.
   
   
4. Located in southwestern South Dakota, Badlands National Park consists of _____A____ acres of sharply eroded ___B___, _____C___, and _______D___ blended with the largest, ____E____ mixed ___F____ prairie in the ___G____ ____H____.
   
   The Stronghold-Unit is co-managed with the ____I____ ___J____ and includes sites of 1890s ___K__ ____L_____.
   
   
   What year was it established as Badlands National Monument?
   
   What year was it redesignated 'National Park'?
   
   
5. How many visits did the Badlands National Park receive in 2002?
   
   
6. At the Pipestone National Monument, Sal and her grandparents bought pipes. These pipes are carved by the Plains Indians. Carvings today are appreciated as ____A____ as well as for _____B_____ use.
   
   
7. ________A______ pipes were often valued possessions ____B___ ___C__ __D__ ___E___.
   
   
   Which popular pipe has a T-shape? (F)
   
   How did they become know as peace pipes? (G)
   
   
8. How many people visited Pipestone National Monument in 2002?
   
   
   
   
9. Long before any recorded human history in Yellowstone, a massive ____A______ _____B_____ spewed an immense volume of _C___ that covered all of the Midwest, northern ____D______ and some areas of the eastern ____E____.
   
   
   This event occurred about _____F_____ years ago, and was one of many processes that shaped Yellowstone National Park--a region once rumored to be '__G__ ___H____ ___I___ ___J__ ____K____ __L_.'
   
   
   
   
   
10. Yellowstone National Park forms the core of the ___A______ ______B______ ________C________ (_D_ _E_ _F_)--- one of the largest intact ______G_______ zone ________H_____ on the earth today.
    
    
    Each of Yellowstone National Park's separate parts--the ____I____ ____J____, the ____K______, the ____L___, the __M____ __N____ of ______O_____ __P_____, and the ______M_______ ___N_____---could easily stand alone as a _____O____ ____P______ of a national park.
    
    
11. Are their any active glaciers in Yellowstone today?
    
    
12. In Yellowstone National Park, there are many geysers; which, geyser is the world's tallest active geyser? (It is located in the Norris Geyser Basin.)
    
    
13. Mrs. Winterbottom makes a blackberry pie, and this reminds Sal of her mother. Let's pretend Mrs. Winterbottom made three pies, one for Sal and her father, one for Mrs. Cadaver and Mrs. Partridge, and one for her own family. Write the ingredients for blackberry pie as if you would triple the recipe.
    
    
14. Sal and her grandparents travel from Euclid, Ohio to Lewiston, Idaho. How many miles is this trip?
    
    
15. When selecting blackberries at a grocery store which blackberries should you avoid?
    
    
16. There is more to Mount Rushmore than meets the eye. When two different biological communities meet, like the Black Hills and the ____A______ _____B___ _____C_____, the biological _______D_______ _______E______.
    
    
17. What are the four presidents who appear on Mount Rushmore?
    
    
18. 'Pop' worked at Mount Rushmore for 31 years, but is now retiring. If we wanted to go to his retirement party,we need to know where and when!
    Where is the party?(A)
    What day is the party? (B) What time is the party? (C)
    
    
19. In the novel names are important to Sal's family and influence Phoebe's impression of Mrs. Cadaver. What is the origin (or beginning) of your first name? (A) What does your first name mean? (B)
    
    
20. In the novel names are important to Sal's family and influence Phoebe's impression of Mrs. Cadaver.
    What is the origin (or beginning) of your last name? (A)
    What does your last name mean? (B)
    
    

The Internet Resources

• Yahoo: Driving Directions
• Pipestone: History
• Mount Rushmore: Nature and Science
• Last Names
• Yellowstone: Nature and Science Glacial/Glacial Features
• Badlands (Home Page)
• Pipestone: Facts
• Yellowstone (Home Page)
• Badlands: Human History
• Yellowstone: Nature and Science
• Euclid Police Department
• Mount Rushmore: Home
• Blackberry Pie
• Badlands: Facts
• Lewiston Police Department
• Yellowstone: Nature and Science Hot Springs
• First Names
• Driscoll's Blackberries
• Pipestone (Home page)
• Jim Popovich is retiring after 31 years!

The Big Question

How does digging deeper into the things Sal experiences help us understand her story?