Shin Chi's Canoe Summary
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What is the main purpose behind Shi-shi-etko giving her brother a tiny canoe?

  • To remind him of their family (correct)
  • To teach him how to fish
  • To help him with his carpentry skills
  • To encourage him to escape from the school
  • Which activities were the boys engaged in at the Indian Residential School?

  • Cooking and cleaning
  • Serving food
  • Attending Mass daily
  • Farming, carpentry, and blacksmithing (correct)
  • What was the main focus of carpentry based on the text?

  • Cooking and cleaning
  • Making items from iron
  • Attending Mass daily
  • Working with wood by hand (correct)
  • Why were only women allowed to serve the girls and only men allowed to serve the boys at the school?

    <p>To ensure strict gender roles were maintained</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What action did David (Shin Chi) and John engage in together?

    <p>Stealing food</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When could Shin-Chi and Shi-shi-etko return home according to the text?

    <p>When the sockeye salmon returns</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Shin-Chi and Shin-chi-etko's father make for them once they returned home?

    <p>A big canoe for two of them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Shin Chi's English name is ________.

    <p>David</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The girls at the Indian Residential School are known to ________ and clean.

    <p>cook</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ________ focuses on items made with wood by hand.

    <p>Carpentry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    John and David were known as ________.

    <p>mischiefs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    ________ is playful misbehavior or troublemaking, especially in children.

    <p>Mischief</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Once they were home, Shin-Chi and Shin-chi-etko's father made them a ________ big enough for the two of them.

    <p>canoe</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Many nights the children went ________.

    <p>hungry</p> Signup and view all the answers

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