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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. What color beads does Ten Snow use on the item for her husband?
(a) Blue.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Red.
2. Nokomis tells the story of how the world was created with the help of a small _______________.
(a) Mouse.
(b) Bunny.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Muskrat.
3. What does Andeg discover one day that the family feasts on?
(a) Corn stored in a granary.
(b) A squirrel's cache of nuts.
(c) Frozen berries in an ice house.
(d) A wounded deer.
4. Which person in the village has also died from smallpox?
(a) Nokomis.
(b) Fishtail.
(c) Old Tallow.
(d) Ten Snow.
5. Nokomis asks Omakayas if ____________ speak to her.
(a) The rain.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Bears.
(d) The wind.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Deydey leave the family for awhile in Chapter 7?
2. Where does the family spend the winter?
3. What is spilled accidentally on Pinch's foot?
4. Which of the following does Old Tallow's dog NOT do to Omakayas?
5. What does Andeg bring to Omakayas?
Short Essay Questions
1. How are things looking up for the family as winter ends?
2. What is Nokomis' advice to Omakayas regarding the bears?
3. What happens to Omakayas after the smallpox deaths, and who is the one who is able to help her?
4. What happens to the white voyageur who interrupts the community dance?
5. What does Deydey do with the shop owner to earn a bit of money and some food for the family?
6. Why is Nokomis' story of a little muskrat especially pertinent for Omakayas?
7. Why does Omakayas go off on her own while the family is tapping the maple trees?
8. What story does Nokomis tell Omakayas and the women which frightens Omakayas but moves the other women?
9. How does Ten Snow help Omakayas get started in beadwork and what does Omakayas make?
10. What preparations do Mama and Nokomis make for the family's food to get them through the winter?
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