The school
Who led/taught at the residential schools?
Nuns and priests/ religious figures
Why was Bev's brother raised by his grandmother and not his mother?
Hus mither had just been to jail and his grandmother didn't want her to be burdened.
What was the punishment for not getting out of bed when they wake you up?
Getting hit with a leather strap
What did Bev want to be when she grew up?
she wanted to be a nurse.
Why was Bev sent to the hospital?
She had tuberculosis
What was the ounishment for not sending your kids to the residential school?
They'd be put in jail
Why did Bev never think that she and her family were poor?
She believed she and her family weren't poor because they had and loved each other.
Bev was once punished for not wearing jeans under her skirt. What was the punishment?
She got hit with the strap.
Where did Bev Sellars live?
Deep Creak
What was Bev's worse memory at the hospital?
Mrs Costello
Were the kids all nice to each other at school? Name ones example as to how.
Why did Bev's mother and her husband go to jail?
A group of guys attacked her mom and the husband killed one of them.
What was the punishment for sitting while praying?
Kneeling longer or the strap
Since what age was Bev with her grandmother?
Since the age of one.
At what age did Bev leave the hospital?
Seven.
Who looked at the kids when they were aick in the residential school?
A nun the called "nurse".
Who in Bev's family was half aboriginal, half french?
Bev gives an example that shows that even years later, she could resist pain because of all the punishments she'd gotten. What was that example?
She sprained her hand and went to the physiotherapist, where he accidentally burned her skin and she didn't even react.
What did Bev end up studying?
Law
After she left the hospital, why did Bec once again have to go to another hospital?
A hook got caught in her foot.
In 1966, a new chef started working at the residential school and refused to give the kids bad meals. What was his name?
Pat Joyce
What was Bev's grandfather's name?
Xp'e7e
Bev mentions a girl getting caught throwing out her food. What was her punishment?
she had to eat her food from the trash.
Why was Bev sent back to live with her mother?
She was caught drinking.
Bev mentions that she suffered from throat problems. To what thing does Bev associate this with in the hospital? (What does she think is the cause for these throat problems?)
The yellow tube they repeatedly stuck down her throat.