4.1:Secret of the Winter Count (comprehension)

Front

What does Emma mean when she says she is Metis?

Back

She is of mixed ancestry.

Front

A Winter Count is

Back

a history of a people

Front

Who has to see the little people for the drought to end?

Back

a child

Front

What did Emma have to do to know where the water was?

Back

She had to use multiplication.

Front

What can the reader infer from the italicized paragraph on page 341?

Back

Emma put the clues together by using math.

Front

How does paragraph 80 contribute to the falling action?

Back

It leads to the resolution and the realization that the Little People had chosen Emma to save the people.

Front

The reader can tell that "The Secret of the Winter Count" is historical fiction because it ---

Back

includes a combination of factual and imagined details

Front

Based on the details in paragraph 108, the reader can conclude that Emma ---

Back

feels frustrated because she knows she is correct.

Front

Which detail from the text supports the idea that Emma feels proud at the end of the text?

Back

Emma beamed. "I'll be happy to do my arithmetic from now on, because it turns out those tricky numbers are actually pretty darn useful!"