Plot & Events
What do Frenchie and Rose find in the river?
What is a fish?
Who is the protagonist of the novel?
Who is Frenchie?
What do RiRi’s shiny, pink, candy-like rainboots symbolize?
What is childhood innocence?
“My dirty fingers skittered across the shiny surface like skates.” What type of figurative language is this?
What is a simile?
What is sacred and unique in the novel?
What is Indigenous knowledge and culture?
How did Frenchie avoid getting captured at the beginning of the novel?
What is climbing a tree?
Who is the oldest member of the group?
Who is Minerva?
What does the moose Frenchie does not kill represent?
What is a respectful relationship with nature?
“We had walked for almost an hour before I felt the last fingers of the dream loosen from my lower back.” What is this an example of?
What is personification?
What is the importance of language in the group’s survival?
What is Minerva teaching them language?
What is a turning point for Frenchie in the novel?
What is not killing the moose, RiRi's death, or deciding to save Minerva?
Who is the girl that Frenchie is in love with?
Who is Rose?
What signifies a journey towards safety and freedom for the Indigenous characters?
What is their journey north?
“A man without dreams is just a meaty machine with a broken gauge.” What is this an example of?
What is a metaphor?
What real-life system is referenced as a historical trauma in the novel?
What is the residential school system?
What event made Frenchie realize the seriousness of Miig's role as a leader?
What is climbing to the top of a tree and seeing another "school" being built?
Who interrupted Frenchie and Rose in the hotel room?
Who is RiRi?
What is a central theme shown by Minerva teaching the group language?
What is the importance of language?
“Bone-deep beliefs,” “whispering winds,” “shadowy silence,” and “cold, cruel corridors.” What is this an example of?
What is alliteration?
What does pride in Indigenous identity mean for the characters?
What is embracing their heritage and culture?
What did Minerva do that brought down the school government facility?
What is sang?
How did Wab get the scar on her face?
What is someone slashed her eye?
What is cyclical history in the context of the novel?
What are repeated events throughout history, such as the residential schools?
“...all the anticipation of a tomorrow planned a thousand yesterdays ago...” What is this an example of?
What is hyperbole?
What are some of the real-world issues reflected in the novel?
What is violence against Indigenous women & 2-spirit people, climate change, and the legacy of residential schools?