Yeh Shen
What color were Yeh Shen's slippers?
Gold
Who was Yeh Shen's only friend?
Where does Sootface get her name from?
From her stepsisters who smeared ashes on her face. They would make fun of her and call her Sootface.
What is soot?
Soot is ashes from a fire.
What does the word sobbed mean?
to cry uncontrollably
Why was Yeh Shen an orphan?
Yeh Shen was an orphan because her father died.
What was special about Yeh Shen's friend?
What are moccasins?
Native American slippers.
Why are Sootfaces' sisters mean to her?
They are mean to her because they were mean and lazy.
hard
What happened to Yeh Shen's friend?
Her stepmother killed, and ate it.
What happened to Yeh Shen's stepmother, and step sister at the end of the story.
They were crushed to death in a shower of flying stones.
What was the warrior's bow made of?
A rainbow
How was Sootface clever?
She was clever by making her clothes out of birch back and her necklace out of wild flowers.
What is a wigwam?
A Native American house
Why did Yeh Shen's stepmother kill her fish?
She was mad that Yeh Shen hid the fish from her.
Why did Yeh Shen turn heads at the festival?
She was beautiful.
What kind of woman does the warrior want to marry?
Someone who was honest and kind.
Why did Sootface soak her moccasins?
What does the word glistening mean?
sparkly
How did Yeh Shen get her slipper back?
She snuck at night and took it.
What was the moral of Yeh Shen? (What lesson did it teach?)
How is the warriors bow strung?
The warriors bow is strung with white fire, like the Milky Way, the Path of Souls.
How did Sootface look at the end of the story?
Beautiful
What does the phrase singed her hair mean?
burned her hair