The Birchbark House Chapter 1

Why was the baby left on Spirit Isand?

• Her family went hunting and never returned to the island.

• The voyagers left her abandoned on the island.

• Her family left her abandoned on the island when they migrated.

• Her family contracted smallpox and she was the only one who survived.

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Which piece of evidence supports the idea that the baby was left on Spirit Island because her family contracted smallpox and she was the only one who survived?

• Chickenpox had killed them all.

• First one then the other of the men turned away.

• The only person left alive on the island was a baby girl.

• It was clear that the family who had loved her was gone.

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What are Omakayas's feelings toward her sister Angeline in Chapter 1?

• Omakayas is envious of Angeline's beauty.

• Omakayas feels embarrassed by Angeline.

• Omakayas is annoyed by Angeline

• Omakayas feels very sad when she is around Angeline.

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Which detail from the text supports the idea that Omakayas is jealous of Angeline's beauty?

• Angeline was smart and so pretty people turned in their tracks to stare at her.

• Most of the time Angeline was kind to Omakayas.

• She hoped that she herself would turn out like Angeline.

• Omakayas didn't like little Pinch.

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Which details from the text help you determine that it is summer time in Chapter 1?

• Page 7: She walked up to the tree and put her leathery paw like hands on the smooth bark.

• Page 9: Her father, her Deydey, was in the fur trade business.

• Page 14: Mama tanned the hides with the brains of the moose.

• Page 15: The air was fresh, delicious, smelling of new leaves in the woods.

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How would Omakayas describe her little brother, Little Pinch?

• Loving and tough

• Unsure and caring

• Mischievous and greedy

• Sweet and innocent

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Which piece of evidence shows that Omakayas thinks her brother is mischievous and greedy?

• Omakayas didn't like Little Pinch.

• He yelled at Omakayas if she was slow in giving up her willow doll.....He thought he deserved everything.

• Pinch loved his mother deeply, and he clung to her side.

• He clutched Mama's skirt with fat, tough little fingers.

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"Sometime Angeline could be cold-hearted." What does "cold-hearted" mean?

• She was always cold
• She was mean sometimes
• She could freeze anyone
• None of the above

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