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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the intruder do at the dance?

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

3. Whose memory does Omakayas decide to honor?

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

5. What disease does the intruder have?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Which two characters die as a result of the smallpox outbreak?

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

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

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

6. Why is Nokomis' story of a little muskrat especially pertinent for Omakayas?

7. What is in Nokomis' bundle that she says speaks to her?

8. How does Omakayas help pinch when he burns himself with boiling syrup?

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

10. What story does Nokomis tell Omakayas and the women which frightens Omakayas but moves the other women?

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