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WorksheetsChapter 1 The Birchbark House
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 37mins
Why was the baby left on Spirit Isand?
Her family went hunting and never returned to the island.
The voyagers left her abandoned on the island.
Her family left her abandoned on the island when they migrated.
Her family contracted smallpox and she was the only one who survived.
Which piece of evidence supports the idea that the baby was left on Spirit Island because her family contracted smallpox and she was the only one who survived?
Chickenpox had killed them all.
First one then the other of the men turned away.
The only person left alive on the island was a baby girl.
It was clear that the family who had loved her was gone.
What are Omakayas's feelings toward her sister Angeline in Chapter 1?
Omakayas is envious of Angeline's beauty.
Omakayas feels embarrassed by Angeline.
Omakayas is annoyed by Angeline
Omakayas feels very sad when she is around Angeline.
Which detail from the text supports the idea that Omakayas is jealous of Angeline's beauty?
Angeline was smart and so pretty people turned in their tracks to stare at her.
Most of the time Angeline was kind to Omakayas.
She hoped that she herself would turn out like Angeline.
Omakayas didn't like little Pinch.
Which details from the text help you determine that it is summer time in Chapter 1?
Page 7: She walked up to the tree and put her leathery paw like hands on the smooth bark.
Page 9: Her father, her Deydey, was in the fur trade business.
Page 14: Mama tanned the hides with the brains of the moose.
Page 15: The air was fresh, delicious, smelling of new leaves in the woods.
How would Omakayas describe her little brother, Little Pinch?
Loving and tough
Unsure and caring
Mischievous and greedy
Sweet and innocent
Which piece of evidence shows that Omakayas thinks her brother is mischievous and greedy?
Omakayas didn't like Little Pinch.
He yelled at Omakayas if she was slow in giving up her willow doll.....He thought he deserved everything.
Pinch loved his mother deeply, and he clung to her side.
He clutched Mama's skirt with fat, tough little fingers.
How did Omakayas get out of tanning the hide?
She cried and whined.
She went to get the scissors
She ran away
She hid until the job was done
How old is Omakayas? choose 2
7-years-old
7 winters old
8-years-old
7 months old
