Choose the best answer for each question. At the end of the quiz, your score will appear here. Note: this quiz is based on the original story. Some of the questions and answers may not be applicable to our simplified story.
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Where were Nick and his father when Uncle George and the Indians came to get them?
At home.
In a rowboat.
At a fishing camp.
Where was the Indian Camp?
Through a forest.
Around a bend.
Across a lake.
What did most of the Indians work with?
Trees.
Dogs.
Fish.
What was the woman's husband doing when Nick and his father arrived?
Laying down in another bed.
Smoking a pipe with the other men.
Putting something on his cut foot.
Why did the woman have a problem having the baby?
It would not breathe.
It was in the wrong position.
It was always causing trouble.
Why did the young Indian smile after the baby was born?
He did not know Nick's father and wanted to be friendly.
He was thinking of something that had happened before.
He was happy to see that the mother and baby were OK.
What did Nick's father mean when he said: "That’s one for the medical books, George."?
There was something special about what he had done.
He did the operation without having his medical books with him.
The nurse would be there by midday and bring the books with her.
Why did Nick's father want to check on the woman's husband?
Because he took it all a little too quietly.
Because he was in pain from having the baby.
To make sure the cut on his leg was OK.
Why was Nick's father sorry at the end of the story?
Nick had seen something terrible.
The excitement had gone.
The baby's mother had died.
Why did Nick's father think that the woman's husband had killed himself?