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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the family have for supper when Old Tallow returns?
(a) Beaver.
(b) Crow.
(c) Squirrel.
(d) Rabbit.

2. Whose memory does Omakayas decide to honor?
(a) Albert.
(b) Ten Snow.
(c) One Horn.
(d) Neewo.

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

4. Who prepares the herbs to place on Pinch's foot?
(a) Omakayas.
(b) Mama.
(c) Deydey.
(d) Nokomis.

5. Where does the family spend the winter?
(a) In a teepee.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In town.
(d) In the birchbark house.

6. What does Omakayas hear on the way back to her family's camp?
(a) Voices singing.
(b) A strong wind.
(c) Strange voices.
(d) A wind pipe.

7. What is Deyday's favorite food?
(a) Beaver.
(b) Bear.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Venison.

8. What does Mama do with the food when it is dried?
(a) She puts in in the ice house.
(b) She buries it behind the house.
(c) She puts it in cupboards in the house.
(d) She stores it in barrels.

9. What happens in the spring that the family looks forward to?
(a) New baby animals.
(b) Maple sugar time.
(c) Fresh vegetables.
(d) Flowers.

10. Nokomis tells the story of how the world was created with the help of a small _______________.
(a) Muskrat.
(b) Squirrel.
(c) Bunny.
(d) Mouse.

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

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

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

14. What does Nokomis warn Angeline about?
(a) Spending time with the chite children.
(b) Coming home before the storm.
(c) Walking on the ice.
(d) Crossing the stream.

15. What does Deydey get when he wins the game with the shop owner?
(a) Food and moccasins.
(b) Food and guns.
(c) Food and blankets.
(d) Food and debt reduction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Old Tallow do with the nasty yellow dog that attacks Omakayas?

2. For whom does Omakayas make winter moccasins?

3. Nokomis asks Omakayas if ____________ speak to her.

4. Who intrudes on the community dance?

5. Why does Omakayas go off by herself for awhile in the woods?

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