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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the family NOT do in preparation for Winter?
(a) Make clothing.
(b) Store food.
(c) Scrape hides.
(d) Plant corn.

2. The story takes place over the course of ________________.
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Three years.
(c) One year.
(d) One month.

3. What disease have the white people brought to Indian communities?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Diptheria.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Malaria.

4. After Omakayas and Angeline bring crows for dinner, Deydey calls them ________________.
(a) Hunters.
(b) Trappers.
(c) Women.
(d) Scouters.

5. What is Deydey especially pleased with when he comes home?
(a) The birchbark house.
(b) Omakayas' school lessons.
(c) The corn crop.
(d) Neewo's progress.

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

7. What does the name Andeg mean?
(a) Sun.
(b) River.
(c) Moose.
(d) Crow.

8. What is the name of the deer that Omakayas and Angeline encounter?
(a) Majestic.
(b) One Horn.
(c) Mighty Antlers.
(d) Great Elk Spirit.

9. The book explores the necessity of confronting _______________.
(a) Fear.
(b) Hate.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Greed.

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

11. Where had Omakayas put the injured crow?
(a) A drinking gourd.
(b) The cradle board.
(c) The maize grinding bowl.
(d) Deydey's moccassin.

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

13. How many people do the voyageurs find alive in a village one day?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 19.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What frightens Omakayas in the night?

2. How old is Omakayas in Part 2, Chapter 1?

3. Who is Omakayas' tomboy cousin?

4. What kind of birds eat the corn crop?

5. Deydey visits with two friends, Albert La Pautre and __________________.

(see the answer keys)

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