Vocabulary
Characters
Residential Schools
True or False
What happened?
100
What is this?
Schooner.
100
What does Olemaun call the mean nun?
The Raven.
100
Why did Olemaun want to attend school?
To learn how to read.
100
Fatty Legs is based on a true story.
True.
100
When did this book take place?
February 1944
200
What is the word for a common "snow chicken" in the North?
Ptarmigan.
200
Which Character Olemaun mesmerized by
The nuns
200
What does Olemaun think it must have been like at the outsiders' school?
Olemaun thinks it must have been exciting
200
The schooner that Olemaun's family took to Aklavik was called the Arctic Star.
False.
It was called the North Star.
200
What store did Olemaun love to visit in Aklavik?
Hudson's Bay Company
300
A type of jacket that was common among the Inuit.
Parka.
300
What is the new name Olemaun gets at residential school?
Margaret.
300
Where is the residential school located that Olemaun attends?
Aklavik.
300
Rosie told Margaret the reason for Alice following the rabbit down the rabbit hole was to have it as a pet.
False.
300
What did Olemaun think was the key to the outsiders' mysteries and who did she think held it?
the French Canadian and Belgian Priests held the key, reading
400
What is the Inuit name for these mountains?
Pingu (pingus)
400
What are Olemaun's sister's English and native names, AND what is Olemaun's English name?
Sister- Rosie, Ayouniq
Olemaun- Margaret
400
After persisting what does Rosie say about the school?
Rosie says that they will cut their hair since their mothers weren't there to braid it, they want all of their time for chores and kneeling on your knees to ask for forgiveness and that they would take everything.
400
The father used a boat as a metaphor to explain what will happen to Olemaun
False.
400
How long does it take for Olemaun’s schooner to reach Aklavik?
it took them five days
500
What is a refectory
where people sleep
500
Who are the authors of Fatty Legs
Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Christy Jordan-Fenton
500
What does Olemaun's father tell her about the schools and the outsiders?
- They do not teach you how to hunt
- They don't teach you how to cure meat and clean fish so you can live off the land.
- they do not teach you how to make parkas
500
When Olemaun was dropped off at the school, she was able to say goodbye to her parents.
False
500
Why does Olemaun think her mother wants her to stay home from the school? Do you think that Olemaun is correct in her thinking?
To help out with the smaller children, and that she is jealous of Olemaun