Lesson 18 Exit Ticket BBH

Think about chapter 5 of The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich to answer the questions that follow.

Read page 79, and answer Part A and Part B. 

PART A: What inference can be made about the Ojibwa men's feelings about the arrival of the white people?

• They are excited to move to a new land, far away from the white people. 

• They are worried the white people will anger the spirits. 

• They are fearful of what will happen to them and their families. 

• They are confident that they will be able to get along with the white people. 

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A? 

• "We hear the chimookoman ax ring in the woods, chopping a tree. We should be gone before the tree falls."

• "Still, said jolly Albert, he had moved before when the waves of white people lapped at his feet." 

• "West is where the spirits of the dead walk."

• "I have dreamed that's where they want us to go, anyway,' said Albert. 'That will please them."

Read pages 79-80 and answer the following question:

What does Fishtail mean when he says that the chimookoman are "infinitely hungry?"

• The chimookoman are not very good at hunting and gathering, so they are hungry. 

• The chimookoman are lazy and would rather play chess than farm or hunt for food.  

• The chimookoman are not as respectful of animals as the Native Americans. 

• The chimookoman are greedy and will take everything from the Native Americans. 

Select all of the following sentences from chapter 5 of The Birchbark House that are examples of figurative language.

• "...Omakayas thought with a sinking stomach, he would be hauling back skins for her to work on." (pg. 74)

• "It was a fancy pipe, made of a piece of sumac wood marked with a sweet grain." (pg. 75)

• "He had strikingly long, thick, oiled black hair, and a hawk-thin face with a proud curl to his lips." (pg. 75)

• "Still, said jolly Albert, he had moved before when the waves of white people lapped his feet." (pg. 79)

• "What they said made Omakayas and Angeline creep closer, listen more carefully." (pg. 76)

In the sentence, "Yes, there were hazards on the way – Dakota war parties, hunger, the threat of winter's dire weather," what does the word dire most likely mean? (pg. 79)

• Exciting

• Uncomfortable

• Dangerous

• Unpredictable