VOCABULARY
CHARACTER NAMES
PLOT QUESTIONS
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
100
Famine
a great lack of food over a wide area
100
What is the name of the main character from this story?
She-Who-Is-Alone
100
In this story, what is the problem that the Comanche people are dealing with?
The Comanche people are suffering from drought and famine.
100
What do the Comanche people have to do in order to end the drought and famine?
They must sacrifice their most valuable possessions.
200
Drought
a long period with little or no rain
200
What is the name of the person that talked to the Great Spirits?
The Shaman
200
What is the object that is very special to She-Who-Is-Alone?
Her Warrior Doll
200
What does She-Who-Is-Alone plan to do?
She plans to sacrifice her warrior doll.
300
Miraculous
Amazing or Wonderful
300
What is the name of the Native American tribe that She-Who-Is-Alone belongs to?
The Comanche Tribe.
300
Where does the story take place? (Setting)
Comanche Village
300
Why is the warrior doll so special to She-Who-Is-Alone?
It is special to her because her mother made it for her and her father gave her the blue feathers that she put in the doll's hair.
400
Selfish
Caring too much for yourself instead of others
400
Why did the people give She-Who-Is-Alone her name?
The famine killed her parents.
400
"The rain began to fall"
What part of the plot is this in the story?
(Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action)
Falling Action
400
What happens every Spring?
The Great Spirits fill the land with the blue flowers.
500
Possession
Something that is owned
500
What do they name the main character at the end of the story?
One-Who-Dearly-Loved-Her-People
500
What is the theme of the story?
Sometimes you have to give to get
500
What do the people think the blue flowers mean?
The Great Spirits forgive them.