Moon of the Crusted Snow

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

Multiple Choice

1. Why does Evan feel awkward giving thanks for the life of the moose?

A) His prayer bag is worn and missing beads.

B) He is using inferior store-bought tobacco.

C) He cannot pray in the Anishinaabe language.

D) He does not feel remorse for taking the moose’s life.

2. What does Patricia enjoy doing on the computer?

A) Competing in online card tournaments

B) Watching YouTube cooking videos

C) Chatting with friends on Facebook

D) Researching the old ways of her people

3. Why does Isaiah show up at Evan’s house at the crack of dawn on a Saturday morning?

A) To go moose hunting

B) To tell him the landlines are out

C) To borrow his chainsaw

D) To tell him to report to work

4. What literary devices are employed in the description “[s]now squeezed the remaining birds out of the fall sky” (Chapter 7)?

A) Imagery and alliteration

B) Simile and metaphor

C) Hyperbole and onomatopoeia

D) Personification and verbal irony

5. What do Evan, Isaiah, and Tyler do after plowing the snow?

A) Have a snowball fight.

B) Talk about ousting Terry.

C) Smoke and drink liquor.

D) Decide to drive south to get information.

6. What is bannock?

A) Homemade liquor

B) Fried dough

C) Medicine made from oak bark

D) Moose fat

7. In his dream, what does Evan find inside the band office?

A) Two snowmobiles

B) A bloody axe

C) Justin Scott

D) Frozen corpses

8. At Cam’s house, what does Evan notice about Scott?

A) A spot of blood on his shirt

B) Fading scars on his face

C) A tattoo of a wolf

D) The fact that he’s not drinking

9. Why is Auntie Aileen not worried about an apocalypse?

A) Their world has ended before and they survived.

B) The spirits of their ancestors will lead them to a new home.

C) The technology of the white people will not die easily.

D) The Canadian government has promised to help.

10. Why have Sydney and Jordan moved in with her parents?

A) Cam got drunk and struck her.

B) They are conserving heat and resources.

C) Sydney doesn’t want Jordan around Scott.

D) They are taking care of her ailing mother.

11. What is the connection between Nanabush’s burning bum and the natural world?

A) His bellows of pain became thunder.

B) He jumped into the water, creating hot springs.

C) When geese honk, they’re laughing at Nanabush.

D) His burned skin became moss and lichen.

12. What happens when a fight breaks out in the food line?

A) Isaiah attacks Evan.

B) Scott ends the melee.

C) Walter blows on a horn to stop the brawl.

D) Terry closes the door so no one can get food.

13. In Evan’s dream, how do the corpses appear?

A) They look like people sleeping peacefully.

B) They are ghostly figures pointing accusingly at him.

C) They look like hairy beasts with human heads.

D) They appear to have disintegrated in their blankets.

14. Why doesn’t Evan want to share his suspicions about Scott with the band leaders?

A) They’ll just call another meeting and do nothing.

B) He doesn’t want to endanger them.

C) Aileen’s spirit has told him what he must do.

D) He doesn’t want to give up the element of surprise.

15. Why does Nicole leave belongings in the basement of the house?

A) To symbolically leave her former life behind

B) To let future occupants know the Anishinaabe were there

C) In case she returns someday

D) As offerings to the spirits

Long Answer

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

1. Before the crisis, how did grocery shopping on the reservation compare with grocery shopping in the south?

2. After the confrontation with Philips, Terry asks Scott what they should do. What does this suggest about Terry’s character?\