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Prologue
Chapter 2 Details
What's in a Name?
Comprehension
Comprehension, Too
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The Girl From Spirit Island?

What is the title of the prologue?

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What is the number of bear cubs that appeared?

Two

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Who is Angeline?
Omayakas's sister
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What made the bear cubs feel scared?
Omayakas stood up.
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What is the weapon that Omayakas could use against the bear?
Scissors
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Who are the men who encountered, but then left the baby on the island?

the voyageurs

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What is Omayakas doing at the beginning of the story?

Picking berries

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Name the author of this story.
Mrs. Louise Erdrich
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Why did the bear cubs want to lick Omayakas's hand?
She had berries in her hand.
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What is the mother bear's breath like?
It smells horrible!
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What are the tiny white-throated birds that were singing on the island.

sparrows

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What feeling does Omayakas have for her sister?

Envy

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What is the candy she had?
Maple sugar candy or "spring sweetness"
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What is Omayakas imagining when she thinks the cubs are orphans?
She would take the bear cubs back to the village and show them off.
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What is Omayakas's first instinct when she sees the mother bear?
She didn't move.
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These were new and carefully sewn on the baby's feet.

makazins

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Protecting her cubs

What is the mother bear angry?

400

She is fierce and strong and lives with her pack of dogs?

Old Tallow

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In what year does this story takes place?
1847
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What are two smells on Omakayas that the mother bear could have noticed when she was on top of her?

Grandma and Mama's bone-and-sprucewood comb, her baby brother's body, the bear-killing dogs, the moose stew, the onion seasoning, the maple sugar, and/or the skins and mats she slept in.

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He thought of his wife and decided he would tell her about the baby.

Hat

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How can you tell from the story that the cubs respect their mother?

They leave when their mother guides them away from Omakayas.

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She gets her name for jer bright smile and her quick temper?

Yellow Kettle

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What is the theme of this story?
It is important to respect people, animals and those around you.
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What does Omakayas learn from the experience of having the mother bear on top of her?
To respect others....