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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her dream, what does Nokomis envision the deer One Horn doing?
(a) Standing proudly on a mountain top.
(b) Grazing in the meadow.
(c) Offering itself as food for the family.
(d) Playing with her doe.

2. What does Nokomis encourage Omakayas to do?
(a) Go on a spiritual quest.
(b) Scrape hides.
(c) Help Mama with cooking.
(d) Bead some moccasins for gifts.

3. Who wears an eccentric, colorful coat?
(a) Old Tallow.
(b) Deydey.
(c) Angeline.
(d) Mama.

4. What does Deydey sell at the store?
(a) Corn meal.
(b) Arrows.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Maple sugar.

5. What does the person walking out of the school say he/she is going to learn?
(a) The white man's writing.
(b) The white man's stories.
(c) The white man's songs.
(d) The white man's numbers.

6. What is Zeegwun?
(a) Spring.
(b) Water.
(c) Owl.
(d) Snow.

7. With what does Nokomis paint Omakayas' face?
(a) Mud.
(b) Oil.
(c) Charcoal.
(d) Clay.

8. Which animal spirit comes to Omakayas in a dream?
(a) Fox.
(b) Deer.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Bear.

9. Who sets the seat of his pants on fire?
(a) Deydey.
(b) Fishtail.
(c) Pinch.
(d) Albert.

10. Who prepares the herbs to place on Pinch's foot?
(a) Mama.
(b) Deydey.
(c) Nokomis.
(d) Omakayas.

11. What happens in the spring that the family looks forward to?
(a) Maple sugar time.
(b) Fresh vegetables.
(c) Flowers.
(d) New baby animals.

12. What is spilled accidentally on Pinch's foot?
(a) Hot soup.
(b) Hot maple syrup.
(c) Hot coffee.
(d) Hot tea.

13. What do Ten Snow and Angeline spend hours doing?
(a) Scraping hides.
(b) Making rugs.
(c) Beadwork.
(d) Making moccasins.

14. What does Mama do with the food when it is dried?
(a) She puts in in the ice house.
(b) She stores it in barrels.
(c) She puts it in cupboards in the house.
(d) She buries it behind the house.

15. Who stares at Omakayas as she tends the fire?
(a) Mama.
(b) Nokomis.
(c) Pinch.
(d) Old Tallow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is done with the items touched by the man who died from smallpox?

2. Omakayas later thinks that One Horn knew that ______________________.

3. Who offers to teach Omakayas everything she will need to know?

4. What does Andeg discover one day that the family feasts on?

5. Omakayas rises from her depression when _______________ visits.

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