The Birchbark House L. 22 Grade 5

What does the word deserted mean in: Mr. Smith cared for the chicks after they wee deserted by their mother.

• abandoned

• captured

• frightened

• prompted

What does the word nerve mean in the sentence: Amanda lost her nerve to sing in front of an audience.

• courage

• fear

• pain

• shame

What does the word astonish mean in the sentence: The shooting stars streaking across the night sky will astonish the visitors.

• construct

• distress

• enclose

• surprise

What does the word margins mean in the sentence: Pedro took notes in the margins of the story.

• questions about the print

• spaces between lines of print

• borders around a printed page

• blank pages before the print begins

What does the word reasoned mean in the sentence: Naomi reasoned that she could walk the dog and play basketball before it got dark outside.

• admitted

• concluded

• hoped

• panicked

Read these sentences from the passage. She would pop the whole thing inter her mouth. All at once! This would save problems. Aaaaah. Why did the author most likely choose the word Aaaaah insted of simply writing. She sighed?

• to confuse the reader

• to make the sigh truer to life

• to save space in the paragraph

• to show that Omakayas uses formal language

Read the sentence from the passage. She grinned, thinking that she'd allow her sister to return with her to plunder them, but on if Angeline changed her way. The author chose plunder as a more precise word for

• grow.

• see.

• take.

• watch.

The illustration of the bear cubs tumbling toward Omakayas protrays the girl as being

• angry

• startled

• disrespectful

• unaware

The first illustration of the mother bear on page 675 makes the bear appear

• depressed

• fierce

• gentle

• tall

Based on the illustrations on pages 678 and 679, how does Omakayas most likely feel about the mother bear?

• She is bored by the mother bear.

• She is annoyed by the mother bear.

• She is angry at the mother bear and wants to fight.

• She respects the mother bear and wants to show that she means no harm.