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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 a zoo.
(c) Play with them.
(d) Take them to an animal shelter.

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

3. Where does Omakayas suggest that Angeline can go?
(a) To the store.
(b) To the river.
(c) To her friend's house.
(d) To the meadow.

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

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

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

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

8. What is Old Tallow holding as Omakayas approaches her house?
(a) Big bowl.
(b) Stones.
(c) Herbs.
(d) Scissors.

9. The singing of the birds foreshadows ____________________.
(a) Omakayas' emerging spirit.
(b) Omakayas' death.
(c) Omakayas' grief.
(d) Omakayas' parents' death.

10. What is Dagwaging?
(a) Spring.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Autumn.

11. What gift does Deydey give to Omakayas?
(a) Beads.
(b) Knife.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Scraping tool.

12. Deydey and his friends talk about how _________________ seem to be taking over.
(a) Insects.
(b) Rivers.
(c) Trees.
(d) White men.

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

14. What frightens Omakayas in the night?
(a) A thunderstorm.
(b) Wolves howling.
(c) Creaking doors.
(d) Gunshots.

15. Who does the person in #81 blame for eating the berries?
(a) Omakayas.
(b) Andeg.
(c) Angeline.
(d) Nokomis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do dead spirits go?

2. Who is Omakayas' father?

3. The book explores the effect of white people on ___________________.

4. Who is Omakayas' tomboy cousin?

5. What does the mother bear do to Omakayas?

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