Characters
The Metis protagonist of the book.
Who is Frenchie? (French/ Francis)
The reason Recruiters are hunting Indigenous people in The Marrow Thieves.
What is to harvest their bone marrow that is believed to restore the power to dream?
"We go to the schools, and they leach the dreams from where our ancestors hid them, in the honeycombs of slushy marrow buried in our bones."
Who is Miigwans?
The schools where the bone marrow is harvested mirrors...
The Canadian Residential School System
The setting of The Marrow Thieves.
What is a post-apocalyptic Canada?
The character that acts as a father figure and leader to the group.
Who is Miigwans?
The direction that represents hope for our found family.
What is North?
"Suddenly, I realized there was something worse than running, worse even than the schools. There was loss."
Who is Frenchie?
The loss of dreams represent _______________.
What is the loss of language and culture?
What is finding his father and starting to rebuild his life?
Miigwan's Husband's name.
Who is Isaac?
The object passed between the twins throughout the novel.
What is a baseball cap?
"We’re all damaged, but it’s how we carry that damage that matters."
Who is Wab?
Storytelling and coming-to stories mirror...
Indigenous storytelling and oral tradition of teaching history, culture and identity.
The vital life skill Frenchie learns in the bush.
What is hunting?
The name of Frenchie's brother.
Who is Mitch?
The role Frenchie’s recurring dream about his brother Mitch plays in the story.
It reflects his unresolved grief and longing for family.
"Water. Real water. And I saw a fish right there."
Who is Rose?
The environmental degradation in The Marrow Thieves mirrors...
What is the current climate / environmental consequences of exploiting natural resources?
Minerva’s resistance through ______ is considered a powerful act of defiance.
What is song?
This character struggles with loyalty and betrayal, eventually joining the Recruiters.
Who is Travis?
The recurring motif / symbol in French's possession.
* bonus 100 pts. for motif explanation.
What is the rifle?
It signifies protection and then the burden of the violence committed and endured.
"We go back, all of us, or none of us go at all."
Who is Frenchie?
The recruiters mirror...
The exploitation and oppression from groups of power and privilege.
The symbol for strength in kinship/ community throughout the novel.
What is the "patchwork" family OR Frenchie's found family?