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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 Pinch admit to Deydey?
(a) Pinch stole some arrows from a friend.
(b) Pinch took a jug of maple syrup.
(c) Pinch ate all of the berries.
(d) Pinch did not kill the deer.

2. Which animal spirit comes to Omakayas in a dream?
(a) Fox.
(b) Bear.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Deer.

3. Nokomis thinks that Omakayas has been chosen to be __________________.
(a) A teacher.
(b) A guide.
(c) A healer.
(d) A hunter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Omakayas rises from her depression when _______________ visits.

3. What does Pinch find in the woods which he intends to claim as his own?

4. Who is Fishtail's wife?

5. Whom does Omakayas listen to while he/she talks in his/her sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nokomis' advice to Omakayas regarding the bears?

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

3. What is the event that saved the family's bodies and the one that saved their souls according to Omakayas?

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

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

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

7. What story does Nokomis tell Omakayas and the women which frightens Omakayas but moves the other women?

8. How does Omakayas justify Andeg's leaving?

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

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

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