My Grandmothers and Others before me(Chap. 1)
When was Bev Sellars's grandmother Sarah(Baptiste) Sam was born ?
On July 29, 1896.
Who is Miss Norris ?
Bev's grade-three teacher.
What does ''Aloo'' means in Carrier ?
It means ''mother'' in Carrier.
Who is Cyril Aucoin ?
He's the boys' supervisor.
What happend to Xp'e7e when he died ?
He died from a massive heart attack.
Who Gram married into a different Aboriginal tribe when she was eighteen years old ?
Walter Sam
What was the first memorable morning of Bev Sellars at St. Joseph's Mission ?
She woked to the nerve-racking sound of a nun clapping her hands. Her immediate obedience was quickly established. She learned how to jump out of bed along with the other girls, as soon as the clapping started.
What day of the week we go to church ?
On Sundays.
What does RCMP means ?
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Who is Dolly ?
Bev Sellars's older sister.
Who is Sophie ?
She was an elder in the community, and the daughter of Buckskin.
Why was the DDT(dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) banned in Canada ?
Because it was proven harmful to animals.
What tribes Gram and Xp'e7e were from ?
Gram was from the Carrier tribe, and Xp'e7e was from Secwepemc
What happend to Bobby when he died ?
He died because he fell down the cliff, and no one didn't know whether his fall was intentional or accidental.
Who is Mr. Wiebe ?
He was Bev Sellars's social studies teacher.
What is Soda Creek ?
It's a community were Bev's grandparents have a small house that she and her grandparents used when attending funerals or other community events and during the annual fishing season on the Fraser River.
Why did Bev Sellars left home for St Joseph's Mission ?
Because she was required by a Canadian law to attend a residential school from age seven to sixteen.
How did Bev Sellars learned to speak Latin ?
By following the Catholic mass.
Who is Phyllis ?
Bev Sellars's cousin.
How did Bev Sellars and Leona failed science class in Mr. Stewart's class ?
They quit working, because they were frustrated at their science project and didn't get any help from Mr. Stewart. And Mr. Stewart didn't bother them to try to make them work.
Who is Buckskin ?
A chief of Soda Creek.
Why did Miss Durfeld make an honest mistake ?
Because she thinks that Bev Sellars was in grade two, in her class again.
What are the lessons every day in the Catholic mass ?
Practising how to respond to the priests during the mass.
How did Nancy died in 2001 ?
She died because of complications from chronic alcoholism.
What was the happy moment of the summer of 1967 for Bev Sellars ?
Gram and Xp'e7e let her stay in town for the Williams Lake Stampede, she went to Vancouver for the first time, and the law changed, which allowed them to go to school from home.