Characters
The Barren Grounds
Cree Words
Basic Plot Elements
Miscellaneous
100

How old is Morgan?

What is 13 years old?

100

In the Barren Grounds, summer is called....

What is "The Green Time"?

100

What does Muskwa mean in English?

What is bear?


100

How do Morgan and Eli get to Misewa?

What is through Eli's drawing on the wall?

100

What nickname did Emily give Morgan?

What is ghost?

200

What type of animal is Ochek?

What is a fisher?
200

In the Barren Grounds, 1 hour = ?

What is 1 week?
200

What does Ehe mean in English?

What is "yes"?

200

What did Morgan get on her resubmission of her poem?

What is a B+?

200

What grandfather teaching does the wolf symbolize?

What is humility?

300

What is the name of the man?

Who is Mason?
300

How did Ochek die?

What is being shot in the tail by an arrow?
300

What does Kiskisitotaso (kih-skih-sih-toh-tah-so) mean in English?

What is "don't forget about who you are"?

300

What did Morgan get from Muskwa at the end of the novel?

What is a tobacco tie?

300

Who wrote The Barren Grounds?

Who is David A. Robertson?

400

What is the name of the wolf?

Who is Mahikhan?

400

What is the name of the village in the Barren Grounds/Aski?

What is Misewa?

400

What does "Amisk" mean? 

What is beaver?

400

What animals did Mason (the man) take?

What are the summer birds?

400

What Canadian city does The Barren Grounds take place in?

Where is Winnipeg?


500

What kind of animal is Arik?

(Bonus 100pts if you can identify Arik's gender.)

What is a girl squirrel?

500

What language does Ochek refer to as "the good words?"

What is Cree?

500

What does Kisemanitou (Kih-say-man-ih-too) mean?

What is Creator?

500

What does Morgan begin to dream about?

What is being taken from her mother?

500

What is a major theme of this novel? (only need to provide one answer out of 2)

1. What is take only what you need?

2. What is respect the past?

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