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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Neebin?
(a) Maize.
(b) Blanket.
(c) Summer.
(d) Indian tribe.

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

5. Who is left alone to watch over an abundant harvest of berries?
(a) Omakayas.
(b) Nokomis.
(c) Pinch.
(d) Angeline.

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

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

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

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

10. Who is Omakayas' younger brother?
(a) Pinch.
(b) Punch.
(c) Priam.
(d) Poke.

11. What kind of birds eat the corn crop?
(a) Robins.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) Crows.
(d) Bluebirds.

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

13. Where do dead spirits go?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) West.
(d) North.

14. How does Andeg say he has helped the family prepare the cabin for the winter?
(a) He warned Deyday when the fireplace didn't work.
(b) He scared away the foxes.
(c) He chased the birds away from the corn.
(d) He chased away all the mice.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is Tallow different from her husband?

3. What name is given to the injured crow?

4. What wounded creature does Omakayas take pity on and take home with her?

5. What frightens Omakayas in the night?

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