Ovatniah Quiz

What does tundra mean in the sentence “The snow-covered tundra seemed to stretch out below without end”?

• ivory carving

• woolly mammoth skeleton

• treeless, permanently frozen land

• highway

You can infer that Marie feels ____ when she asks her mother if there are any young people in the village.

• excited

• thankful

• afraid

• miserable

Why does Marie almost cry when she first looks at Anaaq’s carved chess pieces?

• She hates chess and doesn’t want to play.

• The chess pieces are very beautifully carved.

• She is upset that she’s being forced to stay at Anaaq’s house.

• The chess pieces remind her of her father.

What does Anaaq mean when she says of the chess set, “I don’t need to play to enjoy it”?

• She enjoys watching other people play chess.

• She is too busy carving to learn to play chess.

• She appreciates the chess set as a work of art.

• She has no interest in learning to play chess.

When Marie carves every day for months, she demonstrates which character trait?

• sneakiness

• determination

• laziness

• honesty

What happens just after Anaaq disappears down the hole?

• Anaaq teaches Marie to carve ivory.

• Anaaq and Marie run into a polar bear.

• Anaaq and Marie take ivory from mastodon tusks.

• Marie’s mother shows up and asks Marie to share Anaaq’s secret.

Which of the following best describes Marie’s mother?

• practical

• brave

• sad

• thoughtful

Why does Anaaq call Marie by her Yup’Ik name, Ovatniah, at the end of the story?

• Anaaq forgot Marie’s real name.

• Anaaq wants to remind Marie of her Yup’ik roots.

• Anaaq is trying to annoy Marie’s mother.

• Anaaq is trying to distract Marie’s mother to make her forget about asking for the location of the ivory.

Marie has changed by the end of the story.

• She becomes more confident and independent.

• She remains the same as at the beginning.

• She becomes more fearful and withdrawn.

• She forgets everything that happened.

According to the informational text, life for Yup’Ik kids today is:

• Exactly the same as Marie’s experience

• Completely different from Marie’s experience

• Similar in some ways but also different

• Not described in the text