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Fatty Legs

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the main character's name?

a)

Agnes

b)

Olemaun

c)

Samantha

d)

Katherine

2.

What was Olemaun's English name?

a)

Katherine

b)

Samantha

c)

Margaret

d)

Agnes

3.

What was the name of Olemaun's older sister?

a)

Katherine

b)

Agnes

c)

Rosie

d)

Mary

4.

Where was the school located?

a)

Aklavik

b)

Tuktoyaktuk

c)

Sachs Harbour

d)

Baillie Islands

5.

Why did Olemaun want to go to school?

a)

Learn to read

b)

Learn to write

c)

Learn to speak English

d)

To be with her older sister

6.

At what age did Olemaun enter school?

a)

10

b)

7

c)

8

d)

9

7.

What did Olemaun call the nun who was often mean towards her?

a)

the Raven

b)

the Swan

c)

the Owl

d)

the Eagle

8.

On her first day of school, why did the children laugh at Olemaun when she brushed her teeth?

a)

She had short hair

b)

She had weird looking teeth

c)

She used tooth paste

d)

She used shaving cream

9.

Who was Olemaun's teacher for her first class?

a)

Sister MacQuillan

b)

the Raven

c)

Her father

d)

She didn't have a teacher

10.

What sickness took over the North in October that kept Olemaun working in the hospital?

a)

Flu

b)

the Common Cold

c)

Smallpox

d)

Whooping Cough

11.

Why did Katherine call Olemaun "Fatty Legs" when she saw her?

a)

She was wearing red stockings

b)

She was wearing black stockings

c)

She wore multiple layers of clothing

d)

Because she called her "Fatty Face" first

12.

How did Olemaun get rid of the red stockings?

a)

She boiled them.

b)

She threw them into the fire.

c)

She hid them under her bed.

d)

She continued to wear the red stockings.

13.

Why didn't Olemaun's mother recognize her right away?

a)

She had grown tall, lean and tanned.

b)

She had grown pale and chubby.

c)

She had grown to be 6 feet tall.

d)

She changed her haircut.

14.

Did Olemaun end up returning to school?

a)

Yes

b)

No

15.

Margaret eventually turned the Raven’s cruelty into a game. How did she “play”?

a)

She did her chores faster

b)

She made more friends to make the time pass

c)

She practiced harder at reading, writing, and arithmetic (math)

d)

She played jokes on the Raven

16.

What was Margaret’s plan?

a)

Fixing the school

b)

Staying at the school for the summer

c)

Leaving on the North Star with her parents next summer

d)

Play cards and make dolls with her schoolmates

17.

What did Margaret do during recreation (recess)?

a)

Read

b)

Make dolls

c)

Play with schoolmates

d)

Chores

18.

Does Margaret enjoy being a nurse in the hospital?

a)

Yes

b)

No

19.

What benefits do the nuns get for keeping children at the school?

a)

Nothing

b)

The nuns love teaching children

c)

Chores

d)

Chores and get paid per student by the government

20.

What happened to Margaret when she had to go to the bathroom when she was working in the hospital?

a)

She slipped on the ground

b)

She hit her head on the door

c)

The Brother scared her and she peed her pants

d)

She laughed so hard she peed

21.

In her letter to her parents, was Margaret allowed to write whatever she wanted?

a)

Yes

b)

No

22.

At the radio station, was Margaret allowed to say whatever she wanted?

a)

Yes

b)

No

23.

Where did the outsiders bring the young children who were “plucked” from their homes?

a)

Tuktoyaktuk

b)

Aklavik, the residential school

c)

Arctic Ocean

d)

No where

24.

How long does it take to get from Olemaun's home to Aklavik?

a)

1 day

b)

3 days

c)

30 days

d)

5 days

25.

What Is the Name of the Sleigh that Oleman's family use

a)

Noth Star

b)

South Star

c)

East Star

d)

North Star

26.

Who Is One of Olemens cousins

a)

Angel

b)

Raven

c)

Agnes

d)

Areal

27.

Who Do I dislike most... Who Says that?

a)

Agnes

b)

Raven

c)

Me

d)

No one