Birchbark House ch 9-11 Winter Quiz

In what way was the cabin built differently than the birchbark house?

• The birchbark house was built with the help of the Anishinabe. 
• Omakayas and Angeline built the birchbark house. 
• The cabin was built the chimookoman way. 
• The cabin had separate bedrooms for each member of the family.

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What does the word vigilance mean as it is used on page 122?

• careless and unimportant
• constant watch and attention
• awesome and powerful
• ridiculous and irresponsible

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How did Ten Snow and Angeline differ in their reactions to Omakayas asking to learn how to sew?

• Angeline was excited to learn with her sister, while Ten Snow was annoyed.
• Angeline was annoyed, while Ten Snow was aggravated.
• Angeline was proud of Omakayas, while Ten Snow was irritated. 
• Angeline laughed, while Ten Snow gave Omakayas a tiny sewing kit of her own.

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What project did Omakayas decide to make with her new sewing kit?

• makazins for her tiny dolls
• makazins for baby Neewo
• an ornament for her mother
• a toy for Pinch

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Which of the following best summarizes Nokomis’s ghost story?

• Nokomis’s grandfather told her never to fish the dark side of the lake. She did not listen to him. She took her plums out and used them as bait to catch the fish. She did not catch fish, but instead caught a beautiful mermaid who lured her grandfather into to lake with her. 
• Nokomis’s grandmother warned her that ghosts live in the lake and that she should never go fishing in the lake. She didn’t listen and went fishing anyway. She caught a woman on her line who convinced her to come swimming with her. 
• Nokomis was told never to fish the dark side of the lake, but she did not listen. While in the boat, she accidentally dropped plums into the water. It was her grandmother that emerged from the water asking for more plums. Nokomis learned that her grandmother had been lost at the bottom of the lake years ago. When her grandfather saw his wife, he became young again and went off into the lake with his wife. 
• Nokomis’s grandfather took her to the lake and told her the story of how her grandmother was lost in the lake many years ago when swimming. Just as he finished the story his wife emerged from the water. He then joined her in the lake 

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What happened at the gathering dance that changed the way Omakayas and her     family lived from then on?

• Everyone watched carefully for any signs of sickness to stop it from spreading.
• A visiting voyageur unintentionally spread smallpox to the tribe. 
• Angeline met a voyageur, shared her soup with him, and danced to the drum.
• The visitor, with no signs of sickness, intentionally spread smallpox to the tribe.

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Which of the following was not a precaution taken in an effort to stop the     spread of smallpox.

• Everyone at the dance bathed themselves in the lake.
• The visitors body was taken the farthest end of the island.
• Everything he touched was burned. 
• The lodge the visitor stayed in was burned. 

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Why did Deydey continue to chop more wood even though he had plenty?

• Deydey was trying to keep his mind off of the family members that were already sick with smallpox. 
• Even though he had a large pile of wood, he wanted to make sure the family had enough for when he left on the next voyage.
• Deydey wanted to chop enough wood for his family and Old Tallow. 
• Although he hid it, he knew he was sick too and wanted to get as much wood chopped before he was unable to. 

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Why did Omakayas put her own life at risk by entering the cabin with her sick family?

• Omakayas did not want to be away from her loved ones, even if it meant her getting sick as well.

• Omakayas knew it was inevitable that she would get the sickness if everyone else in her family was sick.

• Omakayas began to get lonely in the birchbark house. She went to check on her family without thinking that she too could get sick.

• The fire died down and Omakayas was too cold to stay out there all alone.

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Why did Omakayas wish that she had the sickness too?

• Taking care of the sick ones was very difficult and tiring.

• Omakayas felt guilty that her beautiful sister’s face was covered in ugly sores.

• The thought of losing another loved was too much for Omakayas to endure.

• Omakayas feared that Neewo would be unable to walk the path that leads out of this life and into the next alone.

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