Fatty Legs, Chapter 2

"We...prepared for our spring migration."

What does that mean?

• They were moving, and they would not be back.

• They were moving, and they would be back.

• They were going on a holiday, and they would be back.

• They were going on a long journey, and they would not be back.

Did they stay aboard the North Star for the entire five-day journey?

• Yes

• No

• Yes, but they stopped for breaks.

• No, and they got to go sight-seeing.

Why did Olemaun feel like the journey seemed to take so long?

• ...because it took a year.

• ...because the weather was bad.

• ...because she was excited to get to school.

• ...because her sister was bothering her.

Where was the school?

• Sachs Harbour

• Tuktoyaktuk

• Reindeer Station

• Aklavik

Why didn't Olemaun believe her mother when she said that the nuns would cut her hair, be mean to her, and make her work very hard.

• Olemaun thought that her mother didn't know what would happen because her mother had never been to school.

• She thought that her mother was just trying to scare her, so that she would stay to help and not learn to read.

• She thought that her mother was lying to her because she would miss her.

• She thought that her mother just wanted her to stay home and be a little girl forever.

What did Olemaun's mother buy for her?

• a fishing pole, some fishing hooks, and a tackle box

• a desk, a chair, a bed, a dress, and some candy

• a caribou-hide ball, some furs, and a plank

• soap, a comb, a toothbrush, toothpaste, and stockings

Who was Old Man Pokiak?

• The owner of the schooner

• Olemaun's father

• Olemaun's grandfather

• Olemaun's great-grandfather

What are pingos?

• hills

• birds

• dogs

• clouds

What was the reason that Olemaun wasn't allowed to go to school right away, after they arrived.

• The Dominion Day Athletic Games

• The Dene Nation Fireworks

• The Inuit Schooner Race

• The Gwich'in Gathering

What was the balloon made of that Olemaun's father inflated?

• the intestine of a seal

• the stomach of a wolf

• the throat of a ptarmigan

• the hide of a caribou