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- 1. Multiple Choice
Near which lake does the story take place?
Great Salt Lake
Lake Lucerne
Lake Superior
The story does not tell us.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What had happened to all the people except the little girl on Spirit Island?
They had run away
The had all died of smallpox
They had been killed by white men
They had all died of starvation
- 3. Multiple Choice
Who was the little girl on Spirit Island?
Omakayas
Angeline
Old Tallow's Daughter
The story does not tell us.
- 4. Multiple Choice
The main character is:
Angeline
Nokomis
Omakayas
Yellow Kettle
- 5. Multiple Choice
What was often left as an offering for the spirits?
tanned moose hide
a pinch of tobacco
a bear’s claw
a piece of cloth
- 6. Multiple Choice
What was there talk about the white man doing with the Anishinabeg?
starting a war
sending the Anishinabeg to the west
buying the land from the Anishinabeg
all of the above
- 7. Multiple Choice
What scared Pinch and made him cry?
the mother bear
Deydey spanked him
Andeg told him to stop pulling his feathers, “Gaygo, Pinch.”
none of the above
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of these does the family NOT do to prepare for winter?
make a birchbark house
gather rice and berries
store food
scrape hides and make shoes and clothing
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why did Fishtail go to the Catholic school?
He went there to learn to read English.
He went there to talk to the white missionaries.
He went there to smoke the peace pipe with the white men.
He went there to be paid for his land; he was moving west.
- 10. Multiple Choice
What did the visitor bring to the dance?
a treaty from the white man
smallpox
soup
fresh meat
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why did Omakayas move inside the cabin?
She wanted to be with her family and take care of them, even if she might get sick.
She wanted to get sick, too.
Old Tallow told her she wouldn’t get sick.
The bear spirit woman in her dream told her to do it.
- 12. Multiple Choice
How did Omakayas save her father when he was sick with smallpox?
She hit her father on the head with a block of wood.
She cooled his fever using snow from outside.
She gave him some of Nokomis’s medicines to cool his fever.
She burned incense and chanted, driving out the bad spirits.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why did Nokomis put charcoal on Omakayas's face?
Nokomis was marking Omakayas because she had smallpox.
Nokomis wanted Omakayas to find a spirit helper who would help her to recover her will to live.
Nokomis wanted Omakayas to find a husband.
Nokomis thought putting charcoal on Omakayas’s face would make her feel better.
- 14. Multiple Choice
How did Pinch help the family recover?
Pinch gave laughter to his family.
Pinch killed One Horn and fed the family.
Pinch prayed for them.
all of the above
- 15. Multiple Choice
What was Angeline learning and teaching Omakayas?
the white man’s alphabet
how to use medicines to heal
how to talk to the spirits
how to bead makazins
- 16. Multiple Choice
What main event happened in the spring?
collecting maple sap and boiling it to make sugar
collecting food for the winter
moving into the cedar cabin
gathering wild rice
- 17. Multiple Choice
How did Omakayas help Pinch when he needed it?
Omakayas helped Pinch learn to read the white man’s alphabet.
Omakayas helped Pinch kill his first deer.
Omakayas used Nokomis’s medicines to heal Pinch’s infection.
Omakayas used Nokomis’s medicines to make an ointment for Pinch’s burns.
- 18. Multiple Choice
What was Pinch amazed at himself for NOT doing?
lying to his father about the dead deer
crying when his feet were burned
crying when he stepped on the sharp stick
teasing Omakayas about Andeg liking him better
- 19. Multiple Choice
How did Pinch change?
Pinch became humble and grateful after Omakayas helped him.
Pinch became mean and angry, chasing Andeg away after he was burned.
Pinch became louder and more obnoxious after he was burned.
Pinch became a joker and a trick player.
- 20. Multiple Choice
What did Old Tallow tell Omakayas?
that Omakayas had survived smallpox as a small child
that Omakayas had been adopted by Yellow Kettle’s family
that Omakayas had been saved so she could nurse her family and save them
all of the above
- 21. Multiple Choice
Why did Old Tallow have special feelings for Omakayas?
Tallow had saved Omakayas’s life.
Omakayas had saved Tallow’s life.
Omakayas had a special gift that Tallow knew would help them all.
Tallow knew that Omakayas would grow up to be a great leader.
- 22. Multiple Choice
At the end of the book, what was the “something new” Omakayas heard in the birds’ voices?
She heard the voices of her ancestors telling her they would help her.
She heard Ten Snow’s voice telling her that she was all right.
She heard Neewo’s voice telling her to cheer up and live.
She heard bear spirit woman telling her she would help her.
- 23. Multiple Choice
What Notice & Note signpost is this an example of: Angeline teaches Omakayas the letters and sounds she is learning at the mission school.
Aha Momment
Again & Again
Contrast & Contradiction
Memory Moment
- 24. Multiple Choice
What Notice & Note signpost is this an example of: Omakayas asks Old Tallow, "Where was I?" and Old Tallow explains to Omakayas that she was born on Spirit Island and that she was the only one in her tribe to survive.
Tough Question
Again & Again
Memory Moment
Contrast & Contradiction
- 25. Multiple Choice
What Notice & Note signpost is this an example of: Omakayas keeps thinking about her encounter with the bear cubs.
Memory Moment
Again & Again
Aha Moment
Tough Question
- 26. Multiple Choice
What Notice & Note signpost is this an example of: Mama returns home to find the berries eaten. Pinch lies and says Andeg ate them, even though he ate them all. Mama realizes later that Pinch lied and knows this because his stomach hurts.
Memory Moment
Aha Moment
Again & Again
Tough Question
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