Frenchie often feels like he is more Indian because
He has the longest braid
Where does Tom always say he's going?
The movies
"Get him"
In the short story, “Shaving” what does the shave represent?
Loss of innocence, strength and maturity beyond one’s age
There are some men in this world who were born to do our unpleasant jobs for us.
Miss Maudie
About Atticus
She's showing Scout how respectable her father truly is
In The Marrow Thieves, when did the group decide to let RiRi hear story?
After she overheard Wab's coming-to story
Why does Tom love going to the movies?
He craves adventure
Why is Tom's sympathy for Mayella misplaced?
She had the racial advantage
What is the main message that the author of “Everything I need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten” wants to convey?
We can take lessons we have learned early in life and apply them to adulthood
You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view- until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Atticus Finch
Teaching his children about empathy
The marrow extraction system is based on what historical institution?
Residential Schools
What is Amanda always working really hard to ensure happens?
Laura finds a husband
Who gives Atticus a standing ovation after the trial?
The coloured community
In the short story, “A Private Talk with Holly” what does letting the fish go represent?
The father allowing his daughter to move on in life
My chest tightened. How could she have the language? She was the same age as me, and I deserved it more.
Frenchie
About Rose
He feels the reality of his separation from his heritage/culture
Why does Miig tell Frenchie what happened when he escaped from the Residential school?
He wants to help Frenchie understand his own actions
Why does Laura quit going to college
She becomes so nervous she throws up
An agreement reached by mutual concessions...
Compromise
In “The Rink,” what does the band-aid symbolize?
Sealing things in
All pretty girls are a trap, a pretty trap, and men expect them to be.
Jim O'Connor
About Laura
He's sharing his views of relationships and implying the reasons why he ultimately won't ask her to be together in the end.
In The Marrow Thieves, why did Frenchie grab the electric fence?
He wanted to sacrifice himself
Why does Jim call Laura Blue Roses
Because he thinks that what she says when she tells him she had pleurosis
The purpose of the school scene in chapter 2 is...
“The Man in the Casket” is about a girl who is?
Mourning the loss of her grandfather
“He really lived”
Secondhand Lions
Double Entendre - two meanings:
1. Walter's uncle's story is believable
2. Walter's uncle truly enjoyed the experiences life had to offer