Grade 8 CDN History Narrative

What physical symptom does Evangeline experience from her chores?

• Numb fingers
• Blisters from scrubbing
• Cracked calluses on her knuckles
• Splinters from firewood

What does the name “Niska” symbolize to Evangeline?

• Her grandmother's love
• Change and strength through migration
• The pain of colonization
• The memory of her village

Why did the school cut off Evangeline’s braids?

• They were infested with lice
• To reduce the spread of disease
• As punishment for speaking Ojibwe
• They saw her as “too wild”

What can be inferred from the line, “She learned to disappear”?

• She became invisible at will
• She learned to escape the school at night
• She avoided drawing attention to survive
• She was often forgotten by teachers

Why does Evangeline hum mourning songs in chapel?

• To mock the religion forced upon her
• To honour her grandmother’s teachings in secret
• Because she cannot remember the English hymns
• As part of the chapel’s musical ritual

What emotion is most strongly conveyed when Jianhao says, “The train became a wall”?

• Relief
• Confusion
• Betrayal
• Excitement

What is the 'Head Tax' in Jianhao’s story?

• A tip for railway workers
• A bribe to pass immigration
• A discriminatory entry fee for Chinese immigrants
• A fine for working without papers

Why does Jianhao whisper his family’s names to the railway tracks?

• He believes the train will bring them back
• He finds comfort in imagining they are near
• He is praying to the railway gods
• He wants others to hear their story

What happened to Bo Xang?

• He died in a shipwreck
• He was denied entry to Canada
• He was killed in a railway accident
• He returned home to China

What can you infer from the line, “We gave them a country. They gave us shadows”?

• The Chinese workers were never paid
• The Chinese contributions were erased or ignored
• The workers only worked at night
• Their photographs were lost in shadow