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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the intruder do at the dance?
(a) Eats dinner.
(b) Plays a fiddle.
(c) Sits by the fire.
(d) Dances with all the girls.

2. Throughout the winter, Deydey's friends visit to talk about __________________.
(a) Moving west to escape white people.
(b) Going ice fishing on the lake.
(c) Making new traps.
(d) Building cabins for new arrivals.

3. What does Pinch admit to Deydey?
(a) Pinch ate all of the berries.
(b) Pinch did not kill the deer.
(c) Pinch stole some arrows from a friend.
(d) Pinch took a jug of maple syrup.

4. Why does Omakayas go off by herself for awhile in the woods?
(a) To take a nap.
(b) To write in her diary.
(c) To cry about Neewo.
(d) To carve her initials into a tree.

5. What does Omakayas realize at the same time that Andeg disappears?
(a) She realizes who she is.
(b) She knows that she is adopted.
(c) She knows that Nokomis is a great teacher.
(d) She knows who she will marry.

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

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

8. What does Old Tallow do with the nasty yellow dog that attacks Omakayas?
(a) Ties him up.
(b) Puts him in a pen.
(c) Puts him in the barn.
(d) Kills him.

9. The ice breaking up on the lake means that the family ___________________.
(a) Can catch fish.
(b) Can build the birchbark house.
(c) Can't skate anymore.
(d) Has to use the ferry to cross.

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

11. For whom does Omakayas make winter moccasins?
(a) Pitch.
(b) Mama.
(c) Neewo.
(d) Deydey.

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

13. Which of the following does Old Tallow's dog NOT do to Omakayas?
(a) Makes her fall unconscious.
(b) Knocks her down.
(c) Bites her.
(d) Licks her face.

14. What is done with the items touched by the man who died from smallpox?
(a) They are bleached.
(b) They are thrown into the lake.
(c) They are burned.
(d) They are buried.

15. What is Deyday's favorite food?
(a) Bear.
(b) Beaver.
(c) Venison.
(d) Rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Andeg bring to Omakayas?

2. Omakayas and _________________ are the only ones in the home who do not get ill.

3. Who wears an eccentric, colorful coat?

4. What does Omakayas hear on the way back to her family's camp?

5. Who stares at Omakayas as she tends the fire?

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