Touching
How many chapters are in the book?
28
What was Cole's father arrested for?
Child abuse.
How long was Cole on the island before being rescued?
2 Days.
What animal did Cole mistake for a coyote?
A wolf.
What was the nurse's name from Drake?
Rosey.
What simple decision did Cole make after analyzing the broken and splintered tree?
He wanted to live.
Garvey introduces Cole to the concept of Circle Justice. Briefly describe what Circle Justice is.
A place to find peace and healing, but only if you want it.
What was the point of rolling the ancestor rock up the hill then letting it fall back down?
Why did Nathaniel Blackwood unexpectedly stop being Cole's lawyer?
His father refused to pay anymore fees.
What two gross things did Cole desperately eat?
A mouse and his own vomit.
Cole said life was empty and meaningless unless he found what?
Some meaning.
Why did Cole keep the at.tow in his holding cell?
To remind him of the island.
Before leaving Cole on the island to start his year long banishment, what gift was he given?
A knife.
What did the at.tow look like after the fire?
Untouched.
Where did Edwin take Cole when eh told him to put rubber boots on?
They went swimming.
Describe Cole's original plan to escape the island.
He was going to swim away from the island.
After Cole's first escape failed, how did he revamp his plan? Was it successful?
He was going to wait for the tide to go out so it would carry him. No it was not successful.
How tall was the remaining tree trunk following the lightning strike?
10 feet.
How is Cole's second trip to the island being funded?
He had to sell his personal belongings.
What did Cole eat for breakfast the morning he started building his shelter?
Cold cereal.
Finish this quote from Rosey: "Why live if you can't help others and _________.
make the world a better place."
Why did Cole want to kill the Spirit Bear?
Because it wasn't afraid of him.
What happened on the first day of building after Cole refused to wear the gloves provided for him?
He gets blisters.
What realization does Cole have regarding his father?
That he is scared too.
Who built Cole's first shelter?
Edwin.