Vocabulary
Exposition
Characters
What does it mean?
100

What does Superior mean?

to be better than or higher than someone or something.

100

Who is the main character?

Cloyd

100

Independent, lonely, angry, bored, all describe which character?

Cloyd

100

What special product does the chainsaw need in the gas?

Engine oil

200

Resist means....

the fight against something.

200

Describe the setting of the book.

Colorado

Ranch/farm

cliffs, canyons, peach trees

200

Who is Blueboy?

the blue roan horse

200

Why are peaches so special to the characters?

They think of people who are special to them.

300

Turquoise is a.....

blueish green stone

300

Describe the setting in chapter 1, when CLoyd visits his dad.

Arizona

Window Rock

Hospital

300

He walked silently into the house, neglecting to take off his boots or his cap.

This sentence describes who?

Walter

300

"We better shake a leg"

What does this mean?

Get moving.

400

To walk heavy is....

skitter

trudge 

steep

nickered

trudge

400

How does Cloyd describe White Mesa?

Windy

canyons


400
Why does Cloyd hate Rusty the tall, red haired man?

He kills a bear.

400

What is the Pride of the West?

Walter's mine

500

Abruptly means to...

stop suddenly

500

How does Walter's wife describe their ranch?  

Calls it a farm.

A ranch is a house, a farm is a home.

500

What two Native American tribes is Cloyd?

Navajo

Ute

500

Why was Cloyd taken from his grandma to the group home?

Didn't go to school.

Lived in the Canyons