Plot
Frenchie's brother was taken by them
Who are the recruiters?
How did Wab get the scar on her face?
What is someone slashed her eye?
What is pride in his Indigenous identity?
The importance of language is shown by this
What is Minerva teaching them language?
"My dirty fingers skittered across the shiny surface like skates" (p. 6).
What is a simile?
How Frenchie avoided getting captured at the beginning of the novel
What is climbing a tree?
The oldest member of the group
Who is Minerva?
The moose Frenchie does not kill.
What is a respectful relationship with nature?
The importance of family
What is Miig's group of ragtag Indigenous folks?
"Then I shook each sleepy limb, each screaming muscle back into service" (p. 7).
What is personification?
What RiRi found in her hotel room
What are pink (rubber) boots?
The name of the girl that Frenchie is in love with
Who is Rose?
Miigs' tattoo on the back of his hand.
A symbol of his marriage to Isaac.
Climate change and the importance of protecting the earth.
What is Frenchie not killing the moose, the lakes being polluted, the rain being nonstop and acidic, etc.
"...all the anticipation of a tomorrow planned a thousand yesterdays ago..."
What is hyperbole?
The story Minerva tells the first night at The Four Winds resort.
The story of the Rogarou.
A turning point for Frenchie in the novel so far
What is not killing the moose?
RiRi's shiny, pink, candy-like rainboots.
What is childhood innocence?
Coming of age
What is Frenchie's relationship with Rose?
“A man without dreams is just a meaty machine with a broken gauge” (p. 142).
What is a metaphor?
The reason why Frenchie grabs what he believes to be an electrified fence.
What is Frenchie believes that Miig's survival is more important than his?
The person interrupted Frenchie and Rose in the hotel room
Who is RiRi?
Their journey north
What signifies a journey towards safety and freedom for the Indigenous characters?
Cyclical histories (repeated events throughout history)
What are the residential schools?
"bone-deep beliefs," "whispering winds," "shadowy silence," and "cold, cruel corridors.".
What is alliteration?