The Birchbark House
This character is an important part of Omakakiins community and people fear her
Who is Old Tallow?
Why did the boys become trapped in the cave in the first place?
What are rising floodwaters and a rain storm?
The message on the tollbooth at the beginning of the story when it shows up in Milo's room
What is "For Milo, who has plenty of time"?
This city becomes Langston's new home.
What is Chicago?
This book teaches readers that learning can be exciting.
What is The Phantom Tollbooth?
The island that Omakakiins' family lives on.
What is the Island of the Golden Breasted Woodpecker or Mooningwanekaaningminis
This country's cave system became the focus of an international rescue effort.
What is Thailand?
These two princesses must be rescued to restore wisdom.
Who are Rhyme and Reason?
This building becomes Langston's safe haven.
What is the library?
This person said "Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade... free to talk, think and act for myself"
Who is Chief Joseph?
This disease devastates Omakakiins' community.
What is smallpox?
This specialized skill made the rescue possible.
What is cave diving?
This mountain range must be climbed to rescue the princesses.
What are the Mountains of Ignorance?
Langston is named after this famous poet.
Who is Langston Hughes?
This short story is about Margot who lives on Mars, where it rains for 7 years.
What is All Summer in a Day?
This family member is especially skilled at healing and medicine.
Who is Nokomis?
This man helped keep the boys calm inside the cave.
Who is Coach Ek?
The Mathemagician's magic staff is a large version of this classroom object.
What is a pencil?
Langston keeps this secret interest hidden from his dad.
What is his poetry book?
This type of figurative language is a phrase or expression where the overall meaning cannot be understood from the literal definitions of the individual words
What is an idiom?
Why does Deydey become concerned about changes taking place around Lake Superior?Omakayas learns she originally belonged to this neighboring tribe.
White settlers and traders are increasingly taking Native land and resources.
This practice helped the boys take their mind off their situation in the cave.
What is meditation?
This character can be anything he says out loud.
Who is Canby?
This historical movement brought many Black families north, including Langston's.
What is the Great Migration?
This lake is where the Ojibwe are located.
What is Lake Superior, Michigan?