Chapter 11 Flashcards
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According to Dora-Rouge, what are traveling toward them at the beginning of Chapter 11?
The skins of the dead
How is Bush’s cart described?
Squeaky-wheeled and red
What was Bush’s cart piled high with?
Animal skins, gold-tinged furs of wolves and dark beaver
What type of bird few up from the road when Bush was approaching?
Mud swallows
What did the men do to try to smooth the road?
Raked rocks and filled in potholes
What were the skins a symbol of?
Her fight with the trappers, what was left of a past
What lives in the pelts of wolves?
Grasses and moose meat
What lives in the pelts of beavers?
Water and trees
Why is Bush selling the furs?
To buy provisions for their trip
What did Bush buy for their trip?
Sacks of oats, Carnation powdered milk, dried meat, three pairs of olive green lace-up rubber boots
Why did Bush save some of the beaver pelts for the trip?
To trade outposes and stations along the northern waterways
What did the furs smell of?
Cedar and dust
When Angela asks Agnes, “What would happen if we had trouble up there?”, what does Agnes reply?
What are you? The FBI?
Who is the only one who believed that they would complete the journey?
Dora-Rouge
Who said, “The strongest men wouldn’t do such a stupid thing as that”?
Justin LaBlanc
How much did the boots cost?
4.98
When thinking about her appearance, how has Angela changed while she’s been with the women?
She used to only care about what she looked like
Which word does Angela say she likes?
Destination
What two words did Angela dream before meeting two boys and leaving with them?
Achtung and Halt
What did Angela call the two boys?
Stop and Look
Where did she meet the boys from Munich?
At the A&W
Where did Angela go with the boys?
To Frontier Day in Cheyenne Wyoming
How do people’s destinies link together?
Like roots and vines
Even though she has doubts, why is Angela willing to go on the trip?
She wants to find her mother