The Birchbark House Chapter 10

What is happening at the beginning of chapter 10?

• The village is having a party and dancing.

• It's snowing and really cold outside.

• The village was dancing the rice.

• The family was celebrating Christmas.

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Who was the visitor?

• another Anishinabe seeking shelter

• a voyager staying the night

• Deydey's friend

• Ten Snow's friend

What did the visitor bring with them?

• cold weather

• gifts

• food

• smallpox

Who did NOT get sick?

• Omakayas

• Neewo

• Angeline

• Old Tallow

• Nokomis

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How do we know that Deydey is nervous about the sickness?

• He kept piling up wood higher and higher.

• He keeps making soup and checking for fevers.

• Omakayas sees him stagger and realizes he's been hiding his own sickness

• Deydey stays outside for long periods of time

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What happens to Neewo?

• He gets a cold.

• He gets smallpox but gets healthy again.

• He gets smallpox and dies.

• He is healthy and doesn't get smallpox.

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What clues from previous chapters helped foreshadow (help us predict) what happened to Neewo?

• The elders couldn't find a real name for him.

• Neewo loved being held by his sister.

• There were lots of words telling us this winter was going to be cold and harsh.

• Nokomis asked the spirits for protection.

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How does Omakayas know that Deydey is sick?

• He is annoyed at her for asking him to stop chopping wood.

• Deydey staggered as he walked into the cabin with Neewo.

• He kept chopping firewood.

• Deydey was coughing.

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Which statement explains how Omakayas responds to DeyDey's attempt to go outside on pages 152-153?

• Omakayas is very sad and wants prove to DeyDey that she is mature enough to take care of the family.

• Omakayas is very worried about DeyDey and is determined to stop DeyDey from going outside by hitting him in the head with a log.

• Omakayas is frightened by DeyDey's actions and feels hopeless that she cannot stop him from going out in the cold.

• Omakayas is sad that DeyDey is sick and wants him to feel better.

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How has Omakaya's feelings toward Angeline changed since the visitor?

• Omakayas was always envious of her sister's beauty, but now she feels more beautiful than Angeline.

• Even though Omakayas was always envious of her sister's beauty, she is now saddened that her sister is scarred from the disease.

• Omakayas is not bothered that Angeline is scarred from the disease.

• Omakayas does not want to look at her sister.

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