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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sets the seat of his pants on fire?
(a) Deydey.
(b) Fishtail.
(c) Albert.
(d) Pinch.

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

3. Who joins Omakayas when she feels Neewo's spirit?
(a) The two young bears.
(b) Old Tallow.
(c) Nokomis.
(d) Ten Snow's spirit.

4. 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 thrown into the lake.
(d) They are bleached.

5. What does Nokomis say speaks to her?
(a) The clouds.
(b) Herbs and medicines.
(c) The wind.
(d) The birds.

6. Who tries to commit suicide after the smallpox outbreak?
(a) Albert.
(b) Angeline.
(c) Fishtail.
(d) Deydey.

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

8. What does Old Tallow do with the nasty yellow dog that attacks Omakayas?
(a) Kills him.
(b) Puts him in the barn.
(c) Ties him up.
(d) Puts him in a pen.

9. Who wears an eccentric, colorful coat?
(a) Old Tallow.
(b) Angeline.
(c) Mama.
(d) Deydey.

10. Throughout the winter, Deydey's friends visit to talk about __________________.
(a) Building cabins for new arrivals.
(b) Going ice fishing on the lake.
(c) Moving west to escape white people.
(d) Making new traps.

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

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

13. What does Deydey sell at the store?
(a) Arrows.
(b) Maple sugar.
(c) Blankets.
(d) Corn meal.

14. Omakayas rises from her depression when _______________ visits.
(a) Deydey.
(b) Fishtail.
(c) Albert.
(d) Old Tallow.

15. What does the intruder do at the dance?
(a) Dances with all the girls.
(b) Plays a fiddle.
(c) Sits by the fire.
(d) Eats dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ice breaking up on the lake means that the family ___________________.

2. What is Deyday's favorite food?

3. Which of the following does Old Tallow's dog NOT do to Omakayas?

4. What does Ten Snow make for her husband that gets a lot of praise?

5. For whom does Omakayas make winter moccasins?

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