Cole's Character Development
Totem Pole Carvings/Animal Dances
Spirit Bear Attack
Characters
Places
100

What was Cole's attitude at the beginning of the book compared to the end?

Negative.

100

What was the last carving Cole did in the totem?

A perfect circle.

100

What does Cole do to prompt Spirit Bear to attack him?

Cole throws a spear at Spirit Bear trying to kill it.

100
Who is Cole's parole officer?

Garvey 

100

What state is the island Cole is sent to located?

Alaska.

200

Why did Cole want to help Peter so much?

He was determined to help Peter because of the state he was in also he started to care.

200

What was the first dance Cole danced?

The first dance Cole did was the whale dance.

200

Who was at the hospital when Cole was injured?

Edwin, Rosey, Garvey.

200

Who was the native elder that helped Cole throughout his healing?

Edwin.

200

Where is Cole most scared of going?

Prison.

300

When did Cole start to show the most change?

After the Spirit Bear mauled him and he returned to the island.

300

What did Cole think about making the totem pole log into?

A canoe.

300

What did Cole eat as he was laying injured on the ground.

Grass, Worm, and a Mouse

300

Who ratted on Cole after he was bragging about breaking in and trashing a hardware store?

Peter Driscal.

300

What is the island that Cole is on called?

Drake.

400

What does Cole do after telling Edwin and Garvey about the spirit bear next to the lake?

Cole put to bear fur in the lake.

400

What was the first carving Cole put on the totem pole?

An eagle head.

400

What happens after the Spirit Bear attack that started to show change in Cole?

A tree with baby birds got hit by lighting making him realize about life and death but he did start to show he cared.

400

Who was Cole's nurse after Spirit Bears attack?

Rosey.

400

What city is Cole from?

Minneapolis.

500

Why is Cole the way he is?

He try's to feel powerful and cope with past of abuse making a cycle of violence.

500

What was the first dance Cole did alone?

The Eagle dance.

500

What injures did Cole sustain after the Spirit Bear attack?   

Bite and claw wounds, broken ribs, possibly a broken pelvis, hypothermia, a broken arm and leg.  

500

List the people who came to the first circle justice meeting? (Except Cole, Garvey, and The Keeper.)

Judge Tanner, Cole's father, Their lawyer Nathaniel Blackwood, Cole's mother.

500

What city in Alaska is closest to the island Cole is sent to?

Ketchikan.