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Character Quotations
Forms of Comfort
Overcoming Obstacles
William Steig
Yes, Please!
Vivacious Vocabulary
100
"Wait, what, who? Where am I?"
Who is Gower?
100
Throughout the entire story, Abel kept me close and never let me go.
What is Amanda's scarf.
100
This is the first type of boat that Abel tries to make?
What is a sailboat?
100
William Steig is also the author of this famous book and DreamWorks production.
What is Shrek!
100
A cat's piercing screech.
What is caterwailing?
200
"Oh Abel, is it really you?"
Who is Amanda?
200
I protected Abel from the owl and cold winters. He slept for many days inside of me.
What is the log.
200
This is made up of two boats connected by a trampoline.
What is a catamaran?
200
Steig's origional works debuted in this famous Manhattan magazine.
What is The New Yorker?
200
the unraveling of cloth.
What is frayed?
300
"I've brought back your scarf."
Who is Abelard Hassam Di Chirico Flint?
300
Abel loved my delicious cherry taste and gnawed away and away because it reminded him of home/
What is the cherry birch?
300
Abel thinks that he can fly home by using this.
What is a hangglider.
300
While Abel is alone on the island, Steig has Abel talking to himself. Abel continues this behavior until this new character comes along.
Who is Gower?
300
Strong and brave in body.
What is stalwart?
400
"I will swoop down and pick you up with my talons. You can run but you cannot hide."
Who is the owl?
400
Although we may be made out of wood or clay, we are friends of Abel while he is on the island.
What are the statues?
400
If only the current wasn't so strong or deep in the middle, this method would have worked for Abel.
What is the stepping stone path?
400
Steig was born in this booming city.
What is New York City?
400
A magical chant.
What is an incantation?
500
"Beware little mouse, you just might be a delicious dinner for me tonight."
Who is the cat?
500
Abel and I talk at night. He asks me questions and I sparkle in the night sky
What is the star?
500
This is Abel's last attempt to get off the island. He know that it is "now or never."
What is swimming across the river.
500
Steig was born in the same year that this book takes place.
What is 1907?
500
the captain of a ship
What is a helsman?