About the Author/Novel
Characters
Analysis
Chapter 1 - 10
Chapter 11-21
100

The year that Linda Hogan was born 

What is 1947?

100

The main protagonist of the novel. 

Who is Angel/Angela?

100

These schools forcibly removed Indigenous children from their families and communities. 

What are residential schools?

100

17-year-old Angela returns to ______________ to find her family. 

Where is Adam's Rib?

100

Bush is forced to sell ___ to afford her journey. 

What are furs?

200
The Indigenous tribe that Linda Hogan comes from

What is the Chickasaw Tribe?

200

Angel's abusive mother who caused her scars. 

Who is Hannah Wing?

200

Characters in the novel suggest that colonization and resource harvesting have made Westerners forget how to live in harmony with __________.

What is nature?

200

John Husk takes Angel to ________________ by canoe and teaches her the history of the island. 

Where is Fur Island? 

200

This character gets increasingly sick on the journey. 

Who is Agnes?

300

Solar Storms is written in this style that follows the innermost thoughts and dreams of the main character. 

What is a stream of consciousness? 

300

An elder & tribal judge who leads the protests against the dam builders and has his house burned down. 

Who is Tulik?

300

This American novel genre sets a journey of freedom, exploration, and self-discovery against the backdrop of the vast US landscape. 

What is the Road Novel?

300

Hannah cuts her ______________ after giving birth to Angel and locking Ruby out of the house. 

What is hair?

300

This group did not want electricity because they believed that once you used it you would become dependent on it. 

Who are the fat-eaters?

400

A controversial hydrodam on the La Grande River on the border of Canada and the US that inspired the events in Solar Storms.

What is the James Bay Project?

400

The first wife of Harold and caretaker for Angel.

Who is Bush?

400

The theoretical framework that analyzes the relationship between literature and the environment. 

What is ecocriticism?

400

This is who Angel believes has helped her learn her history. 

Who is her grandmother?

400

BEEVCO workers surround this character's house to disrupt the protesters.

Who is Tulik?

500

Solar Storms falls under this genre of novel about the moral and psychological growth of the main character.

What is Bildungsroman?

500

A flamboyant Cree woman known for her red lipstick, perfume, and pearls.

Who is Franchie?

500

Sociology, geography, anthropology, phenomenology, and narratology are the disciplines of ___________________. 

What are environmental place theories?

500

This object, in chapter 10, this object Angel remarks, has seen generations of time. 

What is an iron teapot?

500

These characters marry at the end of the novel.

Who are Tommy/Angel?

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