Family Outings
The narrator’s mother invited her to do this activity, which her sisters joined as well.
Fishing
The narrator felt this way about her sisters joining the fishing trip.
Resentment
The narrator insisted that her family read this book and say grace.
The Bible
The narrator ends up eating this traditional Inuit food in her family’s tent.
Muktuk
The Inuktitut word for "house" that Elizabeth uses to describe her father’s log cabin.
Igloo
The narrator wanted to go fishing alone with this family member.
Her mother
The narrator wanted her family to say this before meals.
Grace
This dark-skinned stranger was feared by the narrator’s mother when seen at the Hudson’s Bay store.
Du-bil-ak
The narrator ate this whole item, along with an egg, during the family meal.
The fish
The narrator’s father carved logs for this new structure for the family.
A log cabin
The name of the lake where the family fished together.
Felix Lake
This is what the narrator said silently, once for each family member, out of concern for their souls.
Grace
The narrator’s father called these stories when asked about the Bible.
"Just stories"
The narrator ate this whole item, along with an egg, during the family meal.
The eggs
The narrator’s father learned how to build a log house from this family member.
His grandfather
This character caught the largest fish, weighing about ten pounds.
Mabel
The narrator tried to impress her family by praying to catch a fish bigger than this sister’s catch.
Mabel
The narrator believes her family will face this if they don’t follow Christian practices.
Hell
This is what the narrator hoped to buy at the Hudson’s Bay store but didn’t get.
Peaches
The narrator’s father found logs adrift in this body of water to use for the cabin.
The ocean
These were the other items the siblings found while fishing to add to their meal.
Eggs
The narrator felt torn between her Christian beliefs and her family’s traditional ways, leading to this feeling.
Guilt
This was the only book the narrator’s father had when he left residential school.
The Bible
This type of soup, which the narrator disliked, was offered by her family.
Cabbage soup
This place, where the narrator used to live, is where she wishes the family would return instead of settling in Tuk.
Banks Island