Family Outings
Family Dynamics
Cultural Conflict
Food and Sustenance
Homes and Shelter
100

The narrator’s mother invited her to do this activity, which her sisters joined as well.

Fishing

100

The narrator felt this way about her sisters joining the fishing trip.

Resentment

100

The narrator insisted that her family read this book and say grace.

The Bible

100

The narrator ends up eating this traditional Inuit food in her family’s tent.

Muktuk

100

The Inuktitut word for "house" that Elizabeth uses to describe her father’s log cabin.

Igloo

200

The narrator wanted to go fishing alone with this family member.

Her mother

200

The narrator wanted her family to say this before meals.

Grace

200

 This dark-skinned stranger was feared by the narrator’s mother when seen at the Hudson’s Bay store.

Du-bil-ak

200

The narrator ate this whole item, along with an egg, during the family meal.

The fish

200

The narrator’s father carved logs for this new structure for the family.

A log cabin

300

The name of the lake where the family fished together.

Felix Lake

300

This is what the narrator said silently, once for each family member, out of concern for their souls.

Grace

300

The narrator’s father called these stories when asked about the Bible.


"Just stories"

300

The narrator ate this whole item, along with an egg, during the family meal.

The eggs

300

The narrator’s father learned how to build a log house from this family member.

His grandfather

400

This character caught the largest fish, weighing about ten pounds.

Mabel

400

The narrator tried to impress her family by praying to catch a fish bigger than this sister’s catch.

Mabel

400

The narrator believes her family will face this if they don’t follow Christian practices.

Hell

400

This is what the narrator hoped to buy at the Hudson’s Bay store but didn’t get.

Peaches

400

The narrator’s father found logs adrift in this body of water to use for the cabin.

The ocean

500

These were the other items the siblings found while fishing to add to their meal.

Eggs

500

The narrator felt torn between her Christian beliefs and her family’s traditional ways, leading to this feeling.

Guilt

500

This was the only book the narrator’s father had when he left residential school.

The Bible

500

This type of soup, which the narrator disliked, was offered by her family.

Cabbage soup

500

This place, where the narrator used to live, is where she wishes the family would return instead of settling in Tuk.

Banks Island