Book Information
What is the title of the book?
Two Roads
Good-naturedly teasing
Joshing
A place where the sick are taken care of
infirmary
To support financially
Subsidize
What happens to the Native American children first at boarding school?
They scrub them clean
Who is the author of the book?
Joseph Bruchac
A name or a nickname
Moniker
A type of fuel used in lamps and heaters
Kerosene
A vaccination to produce immunity
Inoculation
What happens to the Native American children second at boarding school?
They comb their hair with kerosene
Who is the book about?
Cal Black
Fierce and violent, like a wild animal
savage
A young trainee in armed or police forces
Cadet
A dangerous or difficult situation
Plight
What happens to the Native American children last at boarding school?
They cut their hair
What is the setting? When and where does the story take place?
At Challagi Indian School in Oklahoma in 1932
To walk or tramp about with no particular purpose
Traipse
Make something known; reveals
Discloses
To look down on with contempt or aversion
Despise
Should Cal use table manners at boarding school? Why?
No, because he'll get thin from not getting to eat any food.
Why isn't there a word in Creek for "good-bye"?
To change to a different culture
Assimilate
People who resist authority or control
Recalcitrants
Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little
taciturn
What two roads are being referred to by the title of the book?
The first is being a gentleman of the road with his dad, or a hobo, and the other road is about being a Creek Indian.