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How did the original people at North House get their dead to Bone Island?

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By sled

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Why did they store their dead there?

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To wait until they could be buried after the first thaw

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What did Europeans leave at Bone Island?

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Dead horses, pig bones

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Due to the infestation, what did the three British men call Bone Island?

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Island of Maggots

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What year did the three British men go to Bone Island?

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1913

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What did they layer over the island to make the bodies decompose?

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Lime

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How did Angela describe North House, even though it was summer?

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Wet, cold, and dark

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What did it appear to be made up of?

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One large building with a black roof

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Who greeted the women at North House?

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Dogs, three dark-eyed children, and a big-boned German woman

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What did Angela give the children?

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Gum

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What is the name of the big-boned German woman?

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Gita

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What does Gita tell the children to get when she sees that Dora-Rouge cannot walk on her own?

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Ivan’s chair

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Why does Gita give them free drinks?

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She is lonely for the company of women

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What did the women eat at North House?

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Pastries, sausage, hot buttered bread

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What does Gita think the women are after?

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Spanish silver

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What is jarring to Angela when they are at North House?

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The pulse of human activity was too quick for them

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What is the difference between the trappers and the silver-hunters?

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The trappers have deeper features and an eye of solitude; the silver-hunters alternated between dreaminess and high anxiety

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How do the silver-hunters work?

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As if riches would escape them

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What do the American Indian men bring Dora-Rouge when they speak with her?

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Tobacco, sweet grass, a few yards of nice cloth

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Why do the men think there are silver and gold deposits near North House?

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A man digging a grave found several Spanish coins

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What kind of fever does Angela say the men act like they have?

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Buck fever

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The silver-hunters have the following lucky charms and what to lead them to the coins?

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Prayer, a mother’s picture in a silver locket, a rabbit’s foot, weather patterns, Ouija board

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Why do Gita and her husband make a good couple?

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She never stops talking and he rarely speaks

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How long has Agnes’s package been at North House?

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A week or two

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What did John Husk send the women?
Agnes: a letter and her coat, Dora-Rouge: canned salmon, Bush: a new lure, Angela: astrology book, chocolate, a letter from Tommy
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What does Tommy's letter say?
He might join them in the land of the Fat-Eaters
27
What two news items was Bush surprised not to see in the paper?
The dam and Wounded Knee
28
Angela compares the men trying to stake their claim to what scientific principle?
An object in motion
29
What plants are in Gita's small garden?
Turnips and big-leafed squash
30
What did the native people bring the women when they heard of their arrival?
Food, shirts, other items they might need, silver earrings
31
What tape did the earring woman play?
Barry Sadler
32
Who comes to visit Dora-Rouge and says she is a relative to the Hundred-Year-Old Road people?
Jere
33
What do all the old people long for again?
The time when everything was still alive
34
When Gita joins them for tea, what does she bring for them to snack on?
Raisins, almonds, dates
35
When Bush asks what the silver would mean to the men, what does Agnes reply?
She thought it meant the world was ending
36
Who is quoted as saying, "We white men have a disease of the heart, and the only thing that can cure it is gold"?
Cortes
37
When the women are back on their journey, what does Angela say they slipped back into?
A deep wildness, into beauty and eariness
38
What is the name of the place on the edge of the mainland that had no electric light since 1920?
The Place of the Sleepers
39
Who starts developing headaches and fever?
Agnes
40
What did Bush boil to try to help Agnes?
Willow bark tea
41
Where does Dora-Rouge think they will find wolfsband and/or red root?
The Island of Flowers
42
What does Angela mistake for snow?
Flower petals floating on water
43
What does Dora-Rouge call the old land?
Ahani
44
What does she believe is wrong with Agnes?
Her blood's not right
45
Why does Dora-Rouge think Angela should go find the plants?
She is the one who dreamed it and it might call to her
46
Who told Dora-Rouge where to find the wolfsbane?
Luther
47
Even though she needs to move quickly and is worried about Agnes, how does Angela feel on her solitary journey?
Peaceful
48
What does Angela see as she is nearing the other women?
A raft of blue flowers
49
What is the raft with blue flowers?
Agnes's body
50
When Angela falls asleep crying, what does she dream about?
Agnes and the bear walking together in the yellow sky
51
How long had Angela been gone?
Three days
52
Why is Dora-Rouge angry at Bush?
She wants to stay with Agnes instead of travelling
53
Why does Dora-Rouge believe Agnes died?
She thinks her death was part of the deal she'd made with the water
54
What does Bush interpret as a good sign?
Plentiful moose tracks
55
What is now in place of the lake they were expecting to see?
Mud flats
56
What does Angela say is larger even than the moose?
Gravity
57
What is happening to the moose?
It is sinking in the mud
58
Why do the women feel suddenly hopeless?
They realize they can't cross the mudflats and will have to take a more exhausting journey
59
At the end of Chapter 12, what do they have left to eat?
A few oats and rice
60
When questioning their reasons for taking the journey at the beginning of Chapter 13, Angela asks what?
If they had done it for two of them to die, for her to see a mother who abused her, for Bush to fight injustice
61
How does Angela describe the target of Bush's rage?
Governments that mistreated their earthbound people
62
How far away was the Two-Wown Post from where the women landed?
10 minutes
63
Why is the post lacking people?
The townspeople all gathered elsewhere to talk about the continued building of dams
64
What is first listed as items you could purchase at the Two-Town Post?
Live bait, cloth, shoptguns, gun oil, traps, Campbell's soup, knives, hardware
65
Who is the owner-through-inheritance of the post?
Mr. Orensen
66
At the beginning of Chaper 13, why does Angela begin to cry?
She feels this trip and Agnes's death are her fault
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Why is the man suspicious of the women?
They traveled alone and he thinks they may be there to cause trouble
68
Who ate the people clashing with?
The government, the police, and BEEVCO
69
Who told Dora-Rouge that she made a bad deal before and that he was mad at her?
Luther
70
Why does Angela call every wolf grandmother?
In case it is Agnes
71
What town is next to the Fat-Eaters?
Holy String Town
72
How much does it cost to rent a towel?
0.5
73
What does Angela describe as having traveled rivers, the many hands of touching gods?
Hot water
74
What does Angela now call herself?
Angel Iron
75
When they returned, freshly showered, how does Dora-Rouge describe Bush and Angel?
Like a hundred dollars
76
Why does Bush say that Dora-Rouge had to get new teeth?
She used to open Coke bottles with her others
77
How did Holy String Town get its name?
Due to the fact that the houses seem to look like a set of rosary beads
78
How did the natives enter the white world?
Like breech births, feet first
79
What did the natives take from the white world?
Clothing
80
What machines are crowding Holy String Town?
Dump trucks, front-loaders, drilling rigs
81
What do Mrs. Lampier and Frenchie have in common?
Their lipstick
82
What is described as a shiny diamond on the hand of a worn-out woman?
The living room chandelier
83
What is the bedding like in the room?
Two twin beds and a cot
84
Which street is the clinic on?
Potelee Road
85
How much was the deposit for the room?
12
86
When they see that the clinic is closed, where are they directed to find a wheelchair?
Father Bly at the rectory
87
What kind of knocker was on the rectory door?
A fish
88
The town of the Fat-Eaters was laid out like a...
cross
89
Where do they finally go to find a wheelchair?
The cathedral of miracles
90
What is in the opening of the floor of the cathedral of miracles?
Sacred earth
91
Which wheelchair did Bush select?
The white wicher one with Mother Jordan written on the back
92
How many scraggly trees are at the bottom of the road?
Four
93
When Dora-Rouge sits in the chair, what does she say is the best part about it?
It creaks and people will hear her coming
94
What does Dora-Rouge eat at her first stop in town?
A hot dog and a Coke
95
Why does Dora-Rouge smile for the third time that first day in the town of the Fat-Eaters?
She sees them in the mirror and thinks they look horrible
96
Who did the boys say stole their belongings?
Jon

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