Fatty Legs, Chapter 4

Why was Olemaun shocked on the first day of school?

• The Raven told her to clean the boards, mop the floors, and empty the honey buckets.

• Katherine was able to read from her schoolbook, but she was not.

• She felt like dancing around the potatoes, but the Raven was watching her.

• The Raven was her teacher instead of Sister MacQuillan.

Which one is NOT one of the reasons that Olemaun didn't eat her bowl of cabbage soup?

• It was meatless mush.

• She didn't like soup.

• It had made many girls ill.

• They were starving.

What was the Raven's version of education?

• chores

• reading

• praying

• math

What did the Raven say that made the others laugh at the end of class?

• Cleaning the chicken coop would be a good job for a bird girl like her.

• Emptying the honey buckets should be easy for such a tall, strong, young girl.

• Cleaning the boards should be no problem for you, because you are so tall your stockings won't even stay up.

• Reading in English would be a long way away for her, because she couldn't even understand it.

Which one is NOT a reason that Olemaun calls the nun the Raven.

• her harsh voice

• her sharp eyes

• her crooked hands

• her long neck

What was Olemaun going to teach the Raven?

• How to speak Inuvialuktun.

• The spirit of the Inuvialuit was strong.

• That she wasn't going to do what she said.

• How to clean the boards.

What was the Raven about to do when the Swan glided in?

• throw the soup

• hit Olemaun

• throw pebbles

• throw a rag

Why didn't Olemaun read from the schoolbook?

• she was sick

• she didn't like the Raven

• she didn't want to

• she couldn't

What are "freshly plucked children"?

• children who just arrived for the first time

• children who just got their hair cut

• children who just picked flowers

• children who just collected eggs

What did Olemaun think of her first reading lesson.

• It was good, and she was looking forward to the next one.

• It was okay, but she prefers math now.

• It was not quite as good as she had hoped, but maybe next time!

• It was not what she had hoped, and she was glad it was over.