Chapt 2-4 Flashcards
(181 cards)
1
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Who slept deeply and for long hours?
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Dora-Rouge
2
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What did Dora-Rouge fight and win, according to Angela?
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Gravity
3
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What is in the box under the bed?
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Small paper bags filled with roots and dried leaves
4
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What does the word unguent mean?
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Ointment or lubrication
5
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What is the first thing Angela learns about herself when she was a child?
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She liked plants
6
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What was continued in the birch-bark box with the teeth marks?
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Little bags, dried plants and a frog frozen in amber in a bird’s nest
7
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Where did Angela ask unsuccessfully for work?
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Tinselman’s store and Auto Shop, Boat Repair
8
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Every evening, which two bodies of water does Agnes walk to?
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Perdition River and Lake Grand
9
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How does Dora-Rouge refer to the song that Agens sings in the beginning of Chapter 2?
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The one that calls lost things out of hiding and brings them back
10
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What kind of bear did Agnes kill?
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A glacier bear
11
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In the mornings, what joins Dora-Rouge and Angela?
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Their breathing
12
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What is the brush made of?
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Ancient tortoiseshell and boar bristles
13
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Why was it rare for an American Indian to kill a bear?
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Because they resemble men
14
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A bear could only be killed at certain times of the year when they needed what?
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Meat, medicine, and fur
15
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What is the name of the Frenchman who trapped the glacier bear?
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Beauregard
16
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What did Beauregard do to the bear?
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Dog fights, human wrestling, poor diet, no hibernation, stuck in a cage
17
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How old was Agnes when they brought the glacier bear there?
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12
18
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How much did it cost to see the bear?
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A penny per minute
19
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What is Agnes hired to do?
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Feed the bear
20
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Why does Agnes fight young boys?
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They are poking the bear with sticks
21
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What do the young boys do when they do not get a reaction from the sticks?
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Shoot the bear with corn
22
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What does Agnes threaten to do?
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Shoot the boys
23
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Why does Agnes bare herself to the bear?
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To show she was a woman, therefore full of compassion
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How does Agnes kill the bear?
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She slits its throat
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Why did Agnes kill the bear?
To end its sufferingHow many wagonloads did they need to take all of the parts of the bear back home? 4
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Why did the men come to Agnes's and Dora-Rouge's house that night?
To take the meat and fur
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Why did Agnes let him take the fur?
He would die soon and it would be hers
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How long did Beauregard have the fur before he died?
Not even a year later
29
What did Dora-Rouge call Agnes's fur?
The nightmare
30
Why did Agnes wear the coat?
She believed wearing it would show her why men to what they do
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What to the women eat almost every night?
Stew
32
Why do they eat macaroni and cheese on Fridays?
In case a Catholic stops by
33
Which neighbor often comes for dinner?
Frenchie
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What day of the week to the men play cards?
Thursday
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Who does Frenchie have "a thing for"?
Justin LeBlanc
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What type of cookies does Frenchie bring to Agnes's?
Russian tea cookies
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Why does Dora-Rouge say she's grateful that she doesn't have any teeth?
The meat is too tough to chew
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What fragrance does Frenchie use?
Lilac cologne
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According to Angela, what is different about these men that play cards?
They talk to each other like friends
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What do people call LaRue behind his back?
Done Time
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What does Rue give to Angela as a gift?
An arrowhead
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What do the men mainly talk about?
Fishing
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When the wormen are talking, what do Frenchie, Agnes, and Dora-Rouge reveal?
Frenchie says she loved a younger man, Agnes says she still wonders what happened to Harold, Dora-Rouge says she want to return to her home to die
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How did Luther woo Dora-Rouge?
By bringing her family meat
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What forbidden question does Frenchie ask?
What happened to Angela's face
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How does Angela injure herself?
She accidentally cuts herself when slicing cheese
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How does the bathroom mirror shatter?
Angela hits her reflection and breaks the mirror
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How did doctors try to repair Angela's face?
Using a skin graft from her thigh
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What do the men eat and drink while playing cards?
Peanuts and Coke
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Who makes a joke to try and lighten the situation after Angela first leaves the bathroom?
John Husk
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What year did Justin LeBlanc get snow-blinded?
1942
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What does Agnes says she sees when she wears the bear coat?
Old forests, northern lights, something larger
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What did Angela dream of the night she broke the mirror?
She fell over the edge of land, out of order and knowing, into a dark and primal world
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What will Angela realize about her appearance later?
She is as beautiful as the wolf and a new order of atoms
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What has ruled Angela's life in the past?
Her so-called ugliness
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What is Angela's major sin, according to women who judged her?
Looking for love in the arms of boys and men
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When asking a foster parent about her scars, what lie do they tell Angela?
She fell
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On her way to the other world, how does Dora-Rouge walk through clouds and waters of the afterlife?
Without legs
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At the beginning of Chapter 3, what color is the canoe?
Yellow
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Why does Angela think the men are foreign?
Their bodies were will in touch with themselves and easy
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Who are the men looking for?
Agnes
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What is Agnes doing when the men come?
Repairing the screen door
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What did Agnes prepare for the men?
Eggs, bread, potatoes, and her terrible coffee
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Who else was asked to come when the men arrived?
Tommy Grove and the Hundred-Year-Old Road people
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What kind of car does Tommy drive?
A red, faded truck with pine benches in the back
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Who hads decided to construct several dams in the area?
The government and a hydroelectric corporation
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What is being destroyed by the first flooding?
Caribou, geese, homes, and the healing plants
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About how many years had Angela's people lived in the affected area?
More than ten thousand years
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What was taking place to determine what should be extracted before the land was drowned?
Mineral exploration
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What is the goal of the men who came by canoe?
To notify as many communities, villages, and towns as they can before construction starts again
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Why is this first wave of construction ending?
Winter is coming
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What do they want the Hundred-Year-Old Road people to do?
Perform a ceremony to assist them is reaching a good end
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What does Angela respect about Tommy?
He waited, listened, and heard others
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What did Angela say was palpable and a strong presence in the room?
Change
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Who tried to scrub the cyanide odor off of Hannah Wing?
Bush
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How far into the lake is Fur Island?
Five miles
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How long had Angela been gone?
Twelve years
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What made Bush sleep badly during Angela's first night in her house?
The presence of the yourn girl was saying good-bye
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What was the presence of the young girl wearing?
Hand-sewn deerskin boots and a soft dress
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How old is the presence of the young girl?
Five-years-old
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What did Dora-Rouge give Angela on the day she was sent to Bush's?
The frog frozen in amber
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Who did the "people from the south" original give the piece of amber to?
An ancestor named Luri
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What does Dora-Rouge teach Angela before she goes to Bush's?
An animal-calling song
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Who takes Angela to the lake?
John Husk
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What creatures are mentioned when Angela is noting the stillness of the lake?
Fish, bees, crows, and black birds, deer
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Why are the fishermen forced to travel longer distances to fish?
In Autumn, the fish are full of food
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Agnes said carrying a suitcase is more self-respecting than...
a garbage bag full of clothes
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What is the name of the worn-out black boat?
The Raven
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What happened to John Husk's dog team in 1929?
They were infected with a virus
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In the boat, the musky smell of autumn air gave way to what?
The smell of fish and coolness, possible coming rain
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What is the Hungry Mouth of Water?
A circle in the lake where winter ice never freezes
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What do young people call the Hungy Mouth of Water?
The Warm Spot
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What did a showman leave off his boat to die in the Hungry Mouth of Water?
A sleek, white beluga
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Where did the showman travel from?
The mouth of Hudson Bay
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How did he keep the whale wet?
He hired Indian boys to keep the whale moist while travelling
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What did trappers leave there?
Many thousand skinned carcasses of fur-bearing animals
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What else has been lost in the Hungy Mouth of Water?
Two skidoos, a shipwreck, hunters, and lost men
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What did John Husk offer the Hungry Mouth of Water?
Tobacco, cornmeal, and bread
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How big is Fur Island?
A little over two miles across
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Whose theory does John Husk reiterate on the way to Fur Island?
Einstein
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How does Angela describe the piece of amber?
Warm to the touch, beautiful and sad
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What animal does John ust say people could hear from miles away?
Frogs
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What is the other name of Fur Island?
The Navel of the World
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What are the two seasons that Bush lives through on the island that make Angela know she has stamina and persistence?
Mosquito season and near-arctic cold of winter
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What was found on Fur Island in 1924?
Two feral wolf-children
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According to Dora-Rouge, who had eyes that showed more fierceness and danger than the feral children?
Hannah Wing
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Who strutted around like a foolish rooster?
A Briton who declared himself a king on Fur Island
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Who deposed the self-title king?
French trappers
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A bishop had what dynamited in order to spite the superstitious natives?
A milkstone, flowing with healing mineral waters
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Which person close to the bishop was healed by the milkstone?
One of his own priests
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Where did the healing come from, according to the bishop?
The devil
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What populates the smaller island close to Fur Island?
Spiders
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What kind of island is the one tethered to Fur Island?
Peat
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For what three reasons does Bush keep the peat island tethered to Fur Island?
The spiders keep the insect population down, she doesn't want it to be part of the conflict between the governments, and because they were once connected (kindred spirits)
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Which three governments fought over the land called the Triangle?
Canada, the United States, and the tribal nations
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What does Angela realize about Bush the first time she sees her?
Like Angela, Bush understood loneliness
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Which animal does Angela mistake Bush for when she first gets to the island?
A deer
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What did Dora-Rouge tell Angela about Bush?
She would battle a force no one else would fight
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How does Bush know Angela is coming to the island?
She could feel Angela moving toward her
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How did Bush seem next to the harshness of the dark, jagged stones?
Deceptively soft
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When Angela first sees Bush, she says she is equal parts...
light and water
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Which allusion is made when Angela is speaking about how Fur Island can transform a person?
Jonah from the belly of the whale
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How does Angela feel when her feet first step off the boat onto Fur Island?
Like an intruder, awkward and unwanted
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What color stones lined the pathway up to Bush's house?
White
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What kind of bones are on the ground by Bush's house?
A sea turtle that would one day come together again, large as a room
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What did Bush do for a living?
She assembled things
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Who did she put bones together for?
LaRue
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What items are dissembled on Fur Island?
The turtle bones, organ pipes, a ship, an older house
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What does Bush's house look like from the path?
Dark gray stones covered with vines
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What do some people call Bush's house?
The Black House
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What was the name of the ship that had been wrecked there in a terrible storm?
The Turin
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What does Angela come to call Bush's house?
The House of No
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What is missing from Bush's house?
No bathroom, no electricity, no mirrors
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Why does Bush say she does not have mirrors?
Mirrors had cost them their lives
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What does Bush serve Husk and Angela?
Coffee, cookies, tomato slices with onions, butter and Wonder bread
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What problems do Bush and Husk discuss?
The low water line, the dead fish, and a few poisoned otters
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Where are hundreds of dead fish found?
Lake Chin
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When John Husk is leaving, how does Angela describe the water?
Moody and capable of change at any moment
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How many rooms does Bush's house have?
Three
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How does Angela describe her room?
One yellow wall, blue woolen blanket, small pine chest of drawers, braided rugs, uncurtained windows
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What does Bush describe as having a different voice with every singer?
Remembering
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What is on the alter in Bush's house?
Statues of saints and crosses, eagle feathers, tobacco, photographs of loved ones, two red candles, three pictures of Angela as an infant
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How does Angela look at Hannah Wing in one of the photographs?
With frightened eyes
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Who is holding Angela's hand in one of the photos?
Agnes
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Who is holding Angela in the last of the three pictures?
Bush
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How long did Angela work at Woolworth's?
Two months
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How does Angela describe her own memory?
Entangled with good parts of it missing
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How does Angela feel about the alter?
Frightened, like she was dead and wrapped in a saint's shroud in a European church
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In the death scenario, why are the candles burning?
To save her soul from children's Limbo
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What doesn't Angela know as she stares at the alter?
Bush loves her and fought hard against the government for her
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What happens when Angela examines Hannah Wing's picture?
She notices a presence in the picture, hears a woman's voice, and smells almonds
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Who understands the water's voice?
Only the oldest of people
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What did Bush prepare on Angela's first night?
Elk stew, wild rice, sweet corn, and tea
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What is the unspoken agreement between Bush and Angela?
Bush cooks, Angela cleans
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After their first dinner, what does Angela decide?
She will return to Adam's Rib on the next boat
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How does Bush light the house when it gets dark?
A gas-powered generator
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During that first night at Bush's, what does Angela realize about the life that she has built?
It will be dismantled, taken apart, and rewoven
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How does Angela imagine her birts?
Wet, shining, open-eyed, in a bright room
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What is the birthmark of Indians showing she is one of the chose?
A blue hand of God
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What does Angela make up about her mother?
That she was beautiful and kind, died in a large bed with a flowered cover and beloved people
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What have the woemn in the Triangle told Angela about her mother?
She is still alive, Angela would find her, and she would be ice
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What two things are gone when Angela wakes up after her first night at Bush's house?
The alter and the child spirit that stood beside Bush's bed
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How do Angela and Bush spend most of their time?
Preparing for winter
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How does Angela come to view Bush?
As a goddess with a beautiful song and Levi's and graying hair
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What does Bush have to need or use for?
Social graces
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To what does Angela compare her discomfort with Bush?
Like a claw in her chest
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What hurts Angela the most about Bush?
Her silence
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Why does Angela stay with Bush?
Each time John Husk is coming to deliver supplies, she decides to stay because Bush gives her some information about her past
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Who is described as the wind, sometimes the winter wind?
Hannah Wing
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When Angela approaches Bush about manipulating her into staying and working, what does Bush do that infuriates Angela?
She laughs
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What are the names of the two trappers that accused each other of trespassing his traplines?
Ding and Dong
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Who does Bush say actually stole from the two trappers?
Wolverine
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What did Hannah Wing's man keep?
Animals in cages that would cry at night line humans
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What does Angela use to clean the outhouse?
Pine Sol
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What does Angela want that she realizes noone would ever have?
An unbroken line between her and her past
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Angela does not want to be fragments and pieces left behind by...
fur traders, soldiers, priests, and schools
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What is Angela trying to remember when the rain finally came?
One of Dora-Rouge's animal songs
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What insect is flying around Angela's room the night the rain came?
Green dragonflies
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What does Angela say is snow, the sweetness of milk and corn, blood spilled on the ground?
Water
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Which animal begins to fly south after the first night of the rain?
The tundra swans
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At the end of Chapter 4, what does Angela finally realize?
She is part of the same equation as birds and rain
