Firekeeper's Daughter

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. At the start of Firekeeper’s Daughter, the reader learns that a health issue has befallen Daunis’s maternal grandmother (GrandMary), which is one of the reasons Daunis decides to stay local for college. What is the health issue? 

A) Lung cancer

B) A stroke

C) A heart attack

D) Epilepsy

2. What do Daunis and Jamie both notice floating in Travis’s Mountain Dew bottle at the powwow in Chapter 8, which makes them realize that he’s been doing meth?

A) A coffee filter

B) A razor

C) A piece of tin foil

D) A surgical tube

3. Why does Teddie suspect that Jamie’s scar is not accidental?

A.) Because it resembles the unusual shape of a ritualistic Ojibwe knife

B) Because it is more likely that he was abused by his toxic family

C) Because it is too uniform and too precisely straight

D) Because it is located in a place commonly wounded in physical combat

4. At the landfill with Grandpa Jonsy, Daunis notices an unusual garbage bag there, which sticks out from the rest of the trash heap. Why does this particular bag catch Daunis’s eye?

A) Because it is extremely large

B) Because it has a strange odor

C) Because it is unusually shiny

D) Because it is a vibrant shade of pink

5. Jimmer from the Elder Center confirms to Daunis that there are many mushrooms on Duck Island. Why is that?

A) His family was responsible for spreading mushroom spores there.

B) Duck Island’s soil and general moisture levels promotes fungus growth.

C) Dense tree coverage on Duck Island means that little direct sunlight reaches the land.

D) The water in Duck Lake is unusually beneficial for mushroom growth.

6. Why does Ron suggests to Daunis that she and Jamie back off from the boyfriend/girlfriend act?

A) Because they are such bad actors that it simply is not believable

B) Because Ron is going to need them to “break up” soon, as the next step of the investigation commences

C) Because people keep asking Ron if he gives his blessing on the relationship, and it is getting awkward

D) Because Ron recognizes that, for at least one of them, real feelings are starting to emerge

7. In Chapter 30, Daunis calls her bank for confirmation of the amount she has in her account to ensure that Levi has enough money to pay for dinner with Stormy that night. Approximately how much is in the account?

A) -$1,050

B) -$100

C) $1000

D) $10,000

8. When Daunis visits Levi’s high school, Levi overhears a student making comments about Daunis’s body. Levi responds by punching the student and threatening him. How does Daunis feel about Levi’s reaction?

A) She is pleased that Levi is willing to stand up for her.

B) She is angry that Levi would cause such a scene.

C) She is fearful at seeing this violent side of Levi.

D) She is neutral, since she is used to seeing Levi act out in this way.

9. What does Daunis keep track of in the “lightbulb” notebook?

A) The moments Daunis observes the light going out from behind GrandMary’s eyes

B) The number of lightbulbs that GrandMary has throughout her house

C) Daunis’s innovative ideas related to the meth investigation for Ron and Jamie

D) The times Daunis sees lightbulbs in her dreams

10. In the bathroom of the Shagala, whom does TJ insist to Daunis are no good for her?

A) Her brother (Levi) and her boyfriend (Jamie)

B) Her grandmother (GrandMary) and her aunt (Teddie)

C) Her uncle (David) and her aunt (Teddie)

D) Her boyfriend (Jamie) and his uncle (Ron)

11. How did Levi conclude that Daunis would be a good candidate for cooking meth in Mike’s and his drug ring?

A) Because Daunis is discreet, she would be able to keep this quiet

B) Because Daunis is an excellent chef, so her kitchen skills would transfer to cooking meth

C) Because Daunis is a talented science student, and she is particularly good at chemistry.

D) Because Daunis is loyal, she will never betray Levi or Mike once looped into the operation.

12. Coach Bobby tells Daunis that she needs to cook the best meth for their drug ring, or else they will kill whom next?

A) GrandMary

B) Levi

C)Daunis’s mother

D) Ron

13. In Chapter 54, what is Daunis’s mother doing for Daunis when she wakes up from her car accident in the hospital?

A) Applying something to Daunis’s lips

B) Holding Daunis’s hand

C) Stroking Daunis’s forehead

D) Brushing Daunis’s hair

14. Of all Dana’s crimes, the feds decide to press charges only for one. Which crime is that?

A) Laundering money

B) Aiding and abetting

C) Child abuse

D) Kidnapping

15. Daunis encourages Jamie to leave undercover work. What does she recommend he do instead?

A) Run away with her, and start a farm somewhere in rural Canada

B) Return to college, specializing in Indigenous studies

C) Seek truth from life by learning about his community and his tribe

D) Find his biological parents

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. Explain what it is about Daunis’ personality and/or history that makes her thrive in the meth lab.

2. On the ferry ride home from Daunis’s “intervention sweat,” Daunis decides to destroy the last few pages of her uncle’s notebook. Why?