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

2. What color beads does Ten Snow use on the item for her husband?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Brown.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which animal spirit comes to Omakayas in a dream?

2. What is done with the items touched by the man who died from smallpox?

3. How much food does Old Tallow eat at supper?

4. What does Omakayas realize when Andeg flies away one day?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Nokomis tell Omakayas about the voices they hear and about what Omakayas' path in life is going to be?

4. How does Ten Snow help Omakayas get started in beadwork and what does Omakayas make?

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

6. What is Omakayas' experience with the bear cubs when she is off on her own?

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

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

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

10. What happens to the white voyageur who interrupts the community dance?

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