Story Elements
The location/time that a story takes place in.
What is 'Setting'?
The protagonist of the novel.
Who is Evan Whitesky?
The province in which the story takes place.
What is Ontario?
The name of the First Nations group at the centre of the story.
What is Ojibwe?
This happened at the grocery store once the community realized something was going on.
What is panic-buying?
The people in a story.
What are 'Characters'?
A lazy, incompetent relative of the protagonist.
Who is Cam?
The era in which the book takes place.
What is the present day?
The burning of herbs at the start of community events on the reserve.
What is smudging?
These were the first signs that something had happened to the world.
What is the loss of communication?
The events in a story.
What is 'Plot'?
The massive, mysterious newcomer to the reserve.
Who is Scott?
The season in which the book begins.
What is fall (or autumn)?
The Anishnaabe word for 'thank you.'
What is Miigwech?
The emergency supplies that might save the community.
What is the food cache?
A disagreement or fight, often at the centre of the story.
What is a 'Conflict'?
The chief of the reserve.
Who is Terry Meegis?
The only way into the community, besides snowmobiles.
What is an ice road?
The act of 'semaa,' done during the hunting scenes in the book.
What is an offering of tobacco?
This character had a vision of corpses in the community centre.
Who is Evan?
The message or lesson in a story.
What is a 'Theme'?
The most respected elder on the reserve.
Who is Aileen?
The treaty under which the reserve was created.
What is Treaty Number 9?
The meaning of the name 'Nangohns'
What is 'little star'?
What is hunger?