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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Omakayas later thinks that One Horn knew that ______________________.
(a) It was time to move south.
(b) She was his friend.
(c) He was going to save her family.
(d) The winter would be a hard one.

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

3. What does Andeg bring to Omakayas?
(a) Berries.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Seeds.
(d) Twigs and bark.

4. The family travels to the woods to ________________.
(a) Look for herbs.
(b) Shoot wild game.
(c) Tap the maple trees.
(d) Cut firewood.

5. What has Angeline learned in the missionary school which she teaches the family?
(a) How to read the Bible.
(b) Bible stories.
(c) The white man's language.
(d) Religious hymns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color beads does Ten Snow use on the item for her husband?

2. Whom are Omakayas and Angeline surprised to see coming out of the school?

3. Whose memory does Omakayas decide to honor?

4. Who wears an eccentric, colorful coat?

5. The ice breaking up on the lake means that the family ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Omakayas go off on her own while the family is tapping the maple trees?

2. Describe Omakayas' preparation and attempts at her spiritual quest?

3. How does the author explore the relationship between whites and natives in this section?

4. What skill does Ten Snow have and what item does she make for her husband Fishtail?

5. How does Ten Snow help Omakayas get started in beadwork and what does Omakayas make?

6. What does Deydey do with the shop owner to earn a bit of money and some food for the family?

7. What happens to Omakayas after the smallpox deaths, and who is the one who is able to help her?

8. What preparations do Mama and Nokomis make for the family's food to get them through the winter?

9. How does Omakayas justify Andeg's leaving?

10. Explain how Deydey acts on a dream that Nokomis has about One Horn.

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