Fatty Legs Chapter 2

What is the name of the boat Olemaun takes to Aklavik?

• Mr. Carpenter

• North Star

• Northern Lights

• Immacolata

What does the Hudson Bay Company sell?

• Food

• Furniture

• Clothes

• Everything a person could ever need

Why does Olemaun think her mother wants her to stay home from the school?

• To help out with the smaller children, and jealous of Olemaun’s opportunity to read.

• To save her from a terrible situation

• To help her father with hunting, trapping, and travelling

• Because her mother knows she is not ready for school

Olemaun’s parents wanted to wait to send her to school. What was important about the date?

• First day of school

• Canada Day - Dominion Day

• Thanksgiving

• Christmas

Why were the children “crouched in a silty garden, breaking the earth and pulling at roots with small tools”?

• They were doing chores

• They were naughty

• They were playing

• They were helping the nuns

What is a refractory?

• A place where students learn

• A place where students do chores

• A place were people eat together

• A playground for children to run and play

How long does Olemaun say she stays at school?

• One year

• Two years

• Three months

• Four years