The Porcupine Year Quiz

As the family approached shore near the fire, they found a ___.

• camp that looked as if it had been abandoned in a hurry

• young brother and sister whose parents had died

• porcupine twice the size of Quill's

• freshly killed bear that looked as if it had been left for them

Why did Quill become furious soon after reaching Muskrat's camp?

• Two Strike stole his hunting partner and laughed when he tried to hunt.

• The medicine duties were given to Omakayas, and he was offered small chores.

• He was forced to build his own cabin because of his smelly porcupine.

• Twilight kept stealing his medicine porcupine's quills to use as needles.

During Animikiins and Omakayas's walks, what did Animikiins do?

• He carried her bundle of firewood.

• He played a wooden flute.

• He read poems that he had written.

• He gave her pouches of maple sugar and other candies.

When Omakayas found Old Tallow with the bear, she realized that ---.

• Old Tallow hadn't been able to walk because the bear mangled her leg.

• the bear and Old Tallow had died together, upright, during their struggle

• the sudden freezing of the lake had trapped them under the ice

• the bear had porcupine quills stuck in its nose and eyes

What did NOT happen when Omakayas's family came across Albert LaPautre?

• Zahn and Zozed jumped from the canoe and swam to shore.

• Albert and some other men stole almost all their possessions.

• Albert said that his family was doing very well in Lac du Bois.

• Deydey was blinded by the flash of gunpowder from a gun.

What deal did Deydey and Miskobines make with the Bwaanag chief?

• Angeline would marry the chief's son, who had recently been widowed.

• The Bwaanag would trade Quill for twelve bark packs filled with pemmican.

• Deydey would kill and eat the warrior porcupine at a midnight ceremony.

• Miskobines and Animikiins would live with the Bwaanag for one year.

What did Omakayas give Animikiins when she begged him not to go hunting?

• the arrowheads that she had carved for months

• her lynx-fur hat and gloves

• her precious string of red beads

• a spirit bundle that contained a lock of her hair

What happened after Pinch fell out of the canoe?

• A storm blew in, and the strong rain caused him to drown.

• His and Omakayas's huge bucket of fish tipped over the side of the boat.

• The current dragged him and Omakayas down the river and over strong rapids.

• He snagged his foot in some weeds and had to call to Deydey for help.

When the eagle tried to steal the dried meat the second time, Omakayas ---

• shot the eagle with the slingshot that Quill had given her.

• clutched the eagle's tail and pulled out four white feathers.

• scared the eagle away by flapping her arms and giving the call of a warrior.

• made offerings to the spirit world by giving the eagle the best cuts of meat.

When Quill and Omakayas returned to the rapids, they saw ___.

• Old Tallow's calico-patched coat draped over Quill's canoe

• a small person with hair sticking out all over his body

• their fish bucket hanging from the top branches of a tree

• three Bwaanag warriors digging a six-foot-long hole in the shore