Year of Miss Agnes Chapter 4 Quiz

Which of the following are reasons that Miss Agnes is better suited to teach Inuit children than other teachers before her

• She is from England

• She has taught in other Alaskan villages

• She has taught for a long time

• She tries to understand the culture of the village she is in

• She tries to make learning fun realizing that the kids in the village do not need the same type of education as we do

What words help us understand what TB is on pages 18 and 19:

• Me and Bokko were the only ones who stayed in town

• They sent him to a hospital

• In Juneau

• That was really far away

What are some possible effects if Frederika's dad was still alive?

• There would me be more laughing

• They would go to winter camp to trap

• Mamma would not be so annoyed about them going to school

• All of the above

What is the main purpose of pages 20 to 22?

• To show us that Frederika's father passed away

• To tell how Bokko became deaf

• To inform us how they make certain items from the animals they hunt

• To persuade us to make our own socks

Which sentence BEST shows us that the modern world has contact with Frederika's village?

• Long ago you only wore what women could make, but now you have the catalog and the store.

• Grandma says in the old days they made the design with porcupine quills.

• Grandma made the sinew thread out of the hump on the back of a moose

• Otter and wolf are good ones, and she gets a lot of money for these.

What is the main idea of Chapter 4?

• Frederika wishes her dad was alive

• To show why Mamma dislikes school

• To illustrate how much grandma cares for her grandchildren

• To show us how Frederika's family is able to survive using natural resources