Birchbark House Chapter 10

What is the summary of Grandmas's Story Fishing the Dark Side of the Lake in Chapter 9?

• It's a place where a giant fish are to catch

• It is a place haunted by the ghost of Nokomis's grandmother

• It's a place where plums come up from the bottom of lake.

• It is a place where jedi go to fight the darkside.

What is happening at the beginning of Chapter 10?

• The village is having a party and dancing.

• It is snowing and really cold outside.

• The village is dancing in the rice.

• The family is celebrating Christmas.

Who was author talking about when he states " Omakayas could even remember him, sitting by the fire as close as he could be without scorching, tired-looking man, thin and scraggly braids, coughing and feeble?

• another Anisinabe seeking shelter

• Dey Dey

• a voyager staying the night

• Ten Snow's friend

What did the visitor bring to them?

• cold weather

• food

• gifts

• smallpox

What are some symptoms of smallpox?

• fever, sweating, feeling cold

• sores only

• fever only

• fever, coughing, weakness, blisters that itch

Why was Angeline nervous?

• She had hugged the voyager

• She just saw that he was sick

• She was nervous about her friend Ten Snow getting sick because she had be in close contact with man and gave him her soup bowl.

• She gave him her blanket to use and he gave it back to her before he left.

Which 3 people Did Not get sick?

• Nokomis, Omakayas, Old Tallow

• Yellow Kettle, Pinch, and Neewo

• Angeline, DeyDey, Neewo

• Pinch, Nokomis, DeyDey

How do we know Dey Dey is nervous about the sickness?

• He keeps making soup and checking on the fevers,

• He kept piling wood higher and higher

• Dey Dey leaves and goes on a voyage

• DeyDey stays outside hunting for a long time.

What happens to Neewo?

• He gets a tooth ache

• He gets smallpox but gets healthy again

• He gets smallpox and dies.

• He gets a headache

How does Omakayas know that DeyDey is sick?

• He is annoyed at her for asking him to stop chopping wood.

• DeyDey staggers as he walked into the cabin with Neewo

• He kept chopping wood

• DeyDey is coughing