View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who offers to teach Omakayas everything she will need to know?
(a) Angeline.
(b) Old Tallow.
(c) Mama.
(d) Nokomis.

2. Who stares at Omakayas as she tends the fire?
(a) Pinch.
(b) Old Tallow.
(c) Nokomis.
(d) Mama.

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

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

5. What does Fishtail's wife make for Angeline?
(a) A dress.
(b) A bookbag.
(c) A coat.
(d) A necklace.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nokomis tells the story of how the world was created with the help of a small _______________.

2. For whom does Omakayas make winter moccasins?

3. What does Nokomis encourage Omakayas to do?

4. What does Andeg bring to Omakayas?

5. Who wears an eccentric, colorful coat?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Omakayas justify Andeg's leaving?

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

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

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

7. How are things looking up for the family as winter ends?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 956 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample