Moon of the Crusted Snow

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Why does Evan feel awkward giving thanks for the life of the moose?

A) His prayer bag is worn and missing beads.

B) He is using inferior store-bought tobacco.

C) He cannot pray in the Anishinaabe language.

D) He does not feel remorse for taking the moose’s life.

2. What does Patricia enjoy doing on the computer?

A) Competing in online card tournaments

B) Watching YouTube cooking videos

C) Chatting with friends on Facebook

D) Researching the old ways of her people

3. Why does Isaiah show up at Evan’s house at the crack of dawn on a Saturday morning?

A) To go moose hunting

B) To tell him the landlines are out

C) To borrow his chainsaw

D) To tell him to report to work

4. What literary devices are employed in the description “[s]now squeezed the remaining birds out of the fall sky” (Chapter 7)?

A) Imagery and alliteration

B) Simile and metaphor

C) Hyperbole and onomatopoeia

D) Personification and verbal irony

5. What do Evan, Isaiah, and Tyler do after plowing the snow?

A) Have a snowball fight.

B) Talk about ousting Terry.

C) Smoke and drink liquor.

D) Decide to drive south to get information.

6. What is bannock?

A) Homemade liquor

B) Fried dough

C) Medicine made from oak bark

D) Moose fat

7. In his dream, what does Evan find inside the band office?

A) Two snowmobiles

B) A bloody axe

C) Justin Scott

D) Frozen corpses

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