Characters
What is Julie's Eskimo name?
Miyax
What is the pink room?
The room at Amy's house where Julie can stay when she comes to visit.
Change without preparation or warning
Abruptly
What does Amaroq symbolize for Miyax?
He's like her second father
"Amaroq, ilaya, wolf, my friend, look at me, look at me."
Miyax
Who is Jello?
The babysitter of the wolf pups and the outsider of the wolf pack
What is something that Miyax makes out of ice and leather thongs to help her survive in the tundra?
Snowshoes, sled
To sing or speak in a gentle murmuring manner
Crooned
Why does Miyax believe that she can communicate with wolves?
Because her father once told her that he was able to do so and get food when he was starving.
"Kapugen taught Atik where the seals live and how to smell a caribou trail."
Uma/Alice
What does Naka struggle with that keeps him away for days at a time?
Drinking too many adult beverages.
What are Miyax's two most important tools to help her survive?
Rotten or decaying flesh of dead animals
Carrion
By imitating their behaviors (crouching on all fours, making gestures like them, making noises like them, etc.)
"Next month I will be twelve years old, and I hope I'll be five feet tall by then."
Amy Pollock
Who is Tornait?
A golden plover, the spirit of the birds, that becomes Miyax's companion
What happens in the quonset huts, where Pearl takes Julie?
It's where all the cool kids hang out (they drink cokes and listen to the jukebox)
Marked by high spirits
Elated
What is Miyax's goal at the beginning of the story?
To get food
"She's disrespectful of her parents. And she's bad. The old ways are best."
Aunt Martha
Who is flying in the airplane?
Hunters
Why must Miyax camouflage herself from the airplane?
Because they might mistake her for an animal (bear) and shoot her
To cause to vanish by or as if by scattering
Dispelled
What does Miyax learn from the Eskimo couple that has happened to Kapugen?
He is alive and has helped the people of Kangik to become wealthy
"Yes, you are Eskimo, and never forget it. We live as no other people can, for we truly understand the earth."
Kapugen