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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Neebin (Summer), Chapters 1 and 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the voyageurs do with the baby?
(a) Take her to another village.
(b) Take her to an orphanage.
(c) Leave her in the village.
(d) Take her to a hospital.

2. Tallow is described as being _________________.
(a) Fearless.
(b) Joyless.
(c) Creative.
(d) Very tall.

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

4. What scares the voyageurs in the village?
(a) That they have walked into a trap.
(b) That a tornado is headed their way.
(c) That they have caught the disease.
(d) That the Cherokees will return and kill them too.

5. The young girl in the story is from which Native American tribe?
(a) Ojibwa.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Lakota.

Short Answer Questions

1. The singing of the birds foreshadows ____________________.

2. What is Omakayas' father's job?

3. What does the mother bear do to Omakayas?

4. What will be used to build a house for the family?

5. What treat does Old Tallow give to Omakayas?

(see the answer key)

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