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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What food does the family travel to harvest?
(a) Oats.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Corn.
(d) Wild rice.

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

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

5. What name does Omakayas call Old Tallow?
(a) Mam.
(b) Auntie.
(c) Tallie.
(d) Sis.

6. Omakayas believes that she has a special bond with ___________________.
(a) The birds.
(b) The sun.
(c) The bears.
(d) The trees.

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

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

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

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

11. Who do the voyageurs find alive in the village?
(a) A baby girl.
(b) A chief.
(c) A blacksmith.
(d) A healer.

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

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

14. Who is the baby in Omakayas' family?
(a) Neewo.
(b) Niall.
(c) Noel.
(d) Nokomis.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Omakayas' father?

2. What does Omakayas become convinced about regarding the bear?

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

4. Where had Omakayas put the injured crow?

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

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