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Louise ErdrichA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Reading Check and Short Answer questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.
Reading Check
1. What is the “Birchbark House” cited in the book’s title?
2. What have readers previously learned about Tallow?
3. How is Omakayas treated by her family when she returns from the encounter with the bears?
4. What is Deydey’s gift to Omakayas?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Which character do you suspect is the baby from the Prologue?
2. Why doesn’t the mother bear attack Omakayas?
3. Why does Omakayas voluntarily help to scrape the moose hide?
4. Based on the meeting with the mother bear and the scene babysitting Neewo, what skill does Omakayas seem to have?
Paired Resource
Reading Check
1. In what ways is Andeg a useful pet?
2. Why does Andeg come to distrust Mama?
3. What special skills do Omakayas and Nokomis learn about each other?
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By Louise Erdrich