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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. How does the family react to the person in #140 when the fire is put out?
(a) They scold Pinch.
(b) They laugh heartily.
(c) They punish Pinch.
(d) They scream.

2. What is a cache?
(a) A covered pit.
(b) A pipe.
(c) A songbook.
(d) A long canoe.

3. How does the person in #140 put out the fire on his pants?
(a) Rolls on the grass.
(b) Sits in a bucket of water.
(c) Splashes down into a puddle.
(d) Runs to the creek.

4. Which of Omakayas' family members dies in her arms?
(a) Pinch.
(b) Mama.
(c) Neewo.
(d) Angeline.

5. What does Ten Snow make for her husband that gets a lot of praise?
(a) Moccasins.
(b) A bandolier bag.
(c) A robe.
(d) A blanket.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which animal spirit comes to Omakayas in a dream?

2. Whose memory does Omakayas decide to honor?

3. What is spilled accidentally on Pinch's foot?

4. Who wears an eccentric, colorful coat?

5. What has Old Tallow brought home from a hunting trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Omakayas witness as she comes to after being knocked unconscious by Tallow's dog?

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

3. What is Nokomis' advice to Omakayas regarding the bears?

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

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

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

7. What happens to the white voyageur who interrupts the community dance?

8. What is the event that saved the family's bodies and the one that saved their souls according to Omakayas?

9. How does the author explore the themes of the relationship between humans and nature and Omakayas' journey of transformation?

10. What does the mention of the cold weather being sudden and particularly harsh foreshadow?

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