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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Omakayas want to do with the bear cubs?
(a) Take them home with her.
(b) Take them to an animal shelter.
(c) Play with them.
(d) Take them to a zoo.

2. What job does Omakayas work on when she returns home?
(a) Feeding the chickens.
(b) Grinding corn into meal.
(c) Preserving the moose hide.
(d) Bringing water from the creek.

3. Who is Omakayas' older sister?
(a) Cecile.
(b) Justine.
(c) Marie.
(d) Angeline.

4. How is Tallow different from her husband?
(a) She is educated.
(b) She is resourceful.
(c) She is spiritual.
(d) She is fearless.

5. What does Andeg tell Pinch to stop doing?
(a) Making him eat wild rice.
(b) Putting him in a cage.
(c) Sprinkling him with water.
(d) Trying to pull feathers from his tail.

6. What has killed people in the village?
(a) White soldiers.
(b) Smallpox.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Native Americans.

7. What is Omakayas' father's job?
(a) A store owner.
(b) A trapper.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A minister.

8. The book explores the effect of white people on ___________________.
(a) Indigenous culture.
(b) Animals.
(c) Blacks.
(d) government.

9. Who does Deydey say has ripped his shirt?
(a) Wolves.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Deer.
(d) Bears.

10. What is the translation of Omakayas' name?
(a) Summer Breeze.
(b) Little Frog.
(c) Blue Sky.
(d) Butterfly.

11. Which one of the voyageurs think of how his wife is afraid of nothing?
(a) Hap.
(b) Hal.
(c) Hat.
(d) Ham.

12. Which of the following does the bear NOT do to Omakayas?
(a) Realize she is no threat.
(b) Lead the cubs away.
(c) Claw her face.
(d) Sniff her all over.

13. Smallpox will represent _______________ in the story.
(a) Fear.
(b) Persistence.
(c) Medical breakthroughs.
(d) Cruelty.

14. What does Omakayas do when the bear pins her down?
(a) Lies perfectly still.
(b) Thrashes around.
(c) Screams.
(d) Cries.

15. What is the name of the island where the baby is found?
(a) Heron Island.
(b) Ojibwa Island.
(c) Spirit Island.
(d) Thunder Island.

Short Answer Questions

1. What frightens Omakayas in the night?

2. What is Neebin?

3. Who is Omakayas' younger brother?

4. The young girl in the story is from which Native American tribe?

5. What is Deydey especially pleased with when he comes home?

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