CHARACTERS
CONFLICTS
VOCAB
SPIRIT BEAR
CIRCLE JUSTICE
100

This is a fifteen-year old convicted juvenile delinquent from Minneapolis that most recently had been put in detention for violently hitting and assaulting a classmate who had turned him in for robbing a store. (first and last)

Who is Cole Matthews?

100

This is what the members of the Circle Council thought of Cole. What was everyone thinking about Cole during the meetings?

What is he was a selfish, angry, and unwilling to change?

100

This is the antonym of an adult.

a. delinquent 

b. solitary 

c. juvenile

What is juvenile?

100

There are only about 100 of these rare black bears in existence.

What is the Spirit Bear? 

100

Circle Justice makes this decision to help Cole.

What is it banishes Cole to an island for a year?

200

This is a boy who is majorly traumatized after being beaten severely by Cole Matthews. (first and last)

Who is Peter Driscal?

200

This resulted in two boys being involved in a life-changing fight -what caused Cole to beat up Peter?

What is Peter told the truth about Cole and the hardware robbery?

200

The boy went into a _____ when he hit his head.

a. parched 

b. delirium

c. charred

What is delirium? 

200

This is the occasion when Cole touched the Spirit Bear.

What is it happened when Cole was laying on the ground, after the mauling was over?

200

This is the idea behind Circle Justice.

What is to help people get a second chance and to heal not punish?

300

This is a man who works in the juvenile justice system, and focused his efforts on helping Cole out of his difficult situation. He had his own run-ins with the law back in his youth.

Who is Garvey?

300

This is what Cole thinks of his parents - does Cole feel love or hatred towards his parents?

What is hatred?

300

The supplies in Cole’s cabin were unorganized. Replace the underlined word with a vocabulary word.

 a. systematic

b. methodical

c. haphazard

What is haphazard? 

300

Spirit Bears are a subspecies of these black bears.

What is Kermode?

300

This is the choice that caused Cole to go to Circle Justice.

What is smash Peter's head into the sidewalk (beat Peter up)?

400

This is the nurse that treated Cole after he was mauled by the Spirit Bear. She treated him with the utmost compassion and understanding. She was also resourceful since she worked by herself in the tiny town of Drake, Alaska, where the Tlingit Indians live.

Who is Rosey?

400

This is what Cole had to do to heal.

What is forgive?

400

After the mauling, Cole _______ in agony.

a. snickered

b. hypnotic

c. grimaced

What is grimaced? 

400

This place does not allow the hunting of Spirit Bears. (Where they are from)

What is British Columbia?

400

Cole's Circle Justice meetings were held in this place.

What is the Public Library?

500

This is the professional person who spoke nothing but negative things about Cole during the Circle meetings.

Who is Peter’s lawyer?

500

This phrase showed that Cole was learning to care about others around him - what did Cole say to the sparrows?

What is, "Are you okay?"

500

This is the synonym for concealed or hidden.

a. shrouded

b. flaunted

c. disclosed 

What is shrouded?

500

This is the life expectancy of a Spirit Bear in the wild.

What is 25 years?

500

Circle Justice originated from this practice. 

What is Indian talking circles?