Fatty Legs Chap. 3

Explore Fatty Legs Chapter 3 with engaging comprehension and vocabulary questions for students.

1. Why do you think Olemaun called the mean nun the "Raven"? Her voice was like a beautiful bird's song. She reminded her of someone from the show, "That's So Raven!". She had long skinny legs. She was all in black and her nose was beak-shaped. 2. At the school, Olemaun recognized the "sullen children she had seen earlier".What do you think the word sullen means here? Playful Sad Curious Hungry 3. How was Olemaun able to identify which tribes the girls had come from without even speaking to them? By the traditional clothing they were wearing. By the colour of their hair. By their height. By the length of their pinky fingers. 4. Read the following sentence from the chapter:"The sound of the shears severing thick black hair drowned out the howls of the disgraced girls."This sentence made me feel very sad and angry when I read it. How does it make you feel and why? (Don't forget P.Q.A.!) 6. There was an older girl at the school from a tribe that did not like Olemaun's tribe. What was the name of that girl's tribe? Cree Huron Wendat Gwich'in 7. What product did Olemaun's mother mistake for toothpaste when she bought it at the Hudson's Bay Company? Hand cream Shaving cream Sunscreen Mayonaise 8. When Olemaun saw alphabet letters on the wall of a classroom she said "I stared at them, trying to decipher what they might mean."What do you think the word, decipher means here? Figure out Dream about Laugh at Be angry at 9. What was the name for the toilet buckets that Olemaun and the other students had to clean? Stinky buckets Honey buckets Poopy pails Toilets 10. At the end of the chapter, Olemaun finds out that she has to wait before she can begin to learn how to read. What does she (and all of the other students) have to wait for? The ice to melt in the spring. The ice to freeze again in the fall. The flowers to start blooming. The teachers to come back from vacation.