◼︎ Chapter 12a / Maple Sugar Time / pages 167 - 178

  1. How does everyone know “the back of winter was entirely broken”? (p. 167)

  2. Three (3) types of being placed marks on the lake rocks. (pp. 167-168)

    • In a sentence, list these three (3) beings.

  3. What does nindinaawemaagaanido mean? (p. 168)

    • Hint: Use the glossary (p. 218)

  4. What does it mean that Fishtail brought a blanket with him? (p. 171)

  5. What does it mean when the maple sap starts to run? (p. 172)

  6. The food cache at the sugaring place is empty. (p. 173)

    • Why?

  7. What does nashke mean? (p. 173)

    • Hint: Use the glossary (p. 218)

  8. What does makakoon mean? (p. 174)

    • Hint: Makakoon is the plural of makak.

      Look up makak (singular) in the glossary (p. 217)

  9. Sad about Niiwo’s death, Omakakiins runs off to be by herself. She then smells something. (p. 177)

    • What does she smell?

  10. What are the three (3) things Omakakiins warns her two friends about? (pp. 177-178)

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