◼︎ Chapter 1 / The Birchbark House / pages 5 - 16

  1. What does Omakakiins mean in English? (p. 6)

  2. How old is Omakakiins (p. 6)

  3. What is Omakakiins’ grandmother’s name? (p. 7)

  4. In English, Omakakiins and her family are on the Island of the Golden-Breasted Woodpecker.

    • What is the name of the island in Ojibwe?

  5. Omakakiins’ grandmother takes the bark off the birch tree.

    • What does she give (to the tree) in return? (pp. 6-7)

  6. What is Omakakiins’s grandmother making with the bark from the birch tree? (p. 8)

  7. Four children live together. Who are they? (p. 8)

  8. What is Omakakiins’ mother’s name? (p. 9)

  9. What does Mama use to tan the moose hide? (p. 13)

  10. Why is the moose hide important? (p. 15)

    • Hint: Look at the definition of makizin on page 217.

    • Makizin is singular (one); makizinan is plural (more than on).

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