***Please answer in complete sentences . You will be given class time (3 blocks) to read & work on the questions- use your time wisely.
Touching Spirit Bear: Ch 1-6 Please answer in complete sentences .
Chapter 1
1. How does Cole feel about banishment as a punishment?
2. How does Cole view adults and authority? Give examples from the book.
3. Garvey, the youth probation officer, introduces Cole to the concept of Circle Justice. Briefly describe what Circle Justice is.
Chapter 2
4. What are some of the advice and warnings Edwin gives Cole for surviving the island? (3 things)
5. What does Cole say he would do to Spirit Bear? What does Edwin tell him?
6. What does Garvey leave with Cole? What must he do with it
7. What does Cole do to his shelter at the end of the chapter? Why do you think he did this?
Chapter 3
8. Describe Cole’s plan to escape the island. Do you think he will be successful?
9. Why is it important for Peter to forgive Cole?
Chapter 4
10. Why is it significant that Cole gives a threatening look to Peter at the beginning of the Circle
11. According to the Keeper, what is the point of the Circle, and why does regular justice often fail?
Chapter 5
12 For the first time, Cole admits that he made a mistake. What was this mistake?
13 Describe Cole’s first encounter with what appears to be Spirit Bear.
Chapter 6
14. Why do you think Cole’s mother did not tell the Circle how his father would beat up on him?
15. When the Keeper asks Peter what needs to be done to make things better, he responds by saying “I think someone should smash Cole’s head against a sidewalk so he knows how it feels.” Do you think Cole already knows how this might feel? Why or why not?
Ghost of a Spirit Bear: Ch 1-3 Please answer in complete sentences
Chapter 1 & 2
1.Why does Garvey want Cole to tear down the cabin?
2.Why was it okay to leave the totems that he and Peter carved?
3.Why is Cole sad about leaving the camp again?
4.How is living on the island different from walking to school the first morning?
5.Why did Cole feel like he was “on the outside of a fishbowl looking in” when he got to school?
6.Why does Peter say that he wants to go back to the island?
7.What haunting thoughts was Cole worried about that Peter may have again?
8.What did Cole teach Peter while on the island?
9.Why does Cole tell Peter that they will have to think like they did on the island?
10.Why does Cole want permission to sit inside the grocery store freezer?
11.What are they going to use for ancestor rocks and where are they going to get them?
12.How does Cole want his mother to realize that he has changed?
Chapter 3
13.What does Garvey mean when he tells Cole to control his reality?
14.What advice did Garvey give Cole after he got in a fight with Keith?
15.What is the purpose of dropping the bowling balls out of the windows?
Ch 1-3 questions for Brian’s Winter Please answer in complete sentences
Chapter 1
1. Why was Brian in the wilderness?
2. List at least three things that Brian saved from the plane.
3. On page 10, Brian talks about a basic law. What is the law?
4. Why was it hard for Brian to hunt? Did he enjoy it?
5. Why was it so important that Brian did not waste any part of the rabbit?
6. What is one thing that you have learned from the story so far?
Chapter 2
7. What had Brian learned about territory? Who taught him about territory?
8. How did Brian leave his sign, or mark his territory?
9. Why had the bear come to Brian's camp?
10. Why would Brian's weapon not work on the bear?
11. Why did Brian not use his gun to hunt with. What did he use for hunting primarily?
Chapter 3
12. On page 25, Brian tells us something that he has learned. What is it?
13. On page 28, Brian is famished. What does famished mean?
14. Why did Brian think that his arrow was lucky?
15. Did Brian ever use the arrow again? Why or why not?
Assignment #2 – due March 2***Please answer in complete sentences . You will be given class time (3 blocks) to read & work on the questions- use your time wisely.
Touching a Spirit Bear Chapters 7- 12
Chapter 7
1. What weapon does Cole create and how does he make it? What does he intend to use it for?
2. Describe Spirit Bear and its characteristics.
Chapter 8
3. Describe Spirit Bear’s attack on Cole. (in detail)
4. As Cole lays bleeding, he thinks to himself “What luck… to end up on an island with a stupid bear that didn’t have brains enough to run away.” Has Cole realized his responsibility for what has happened?
5. Do you feel bad for what has happened to Cole? Why or why not?
Chapter 9
6. Cole comments that “Nobody else cared about him, so why should he care about himself?” Is it true that nobody else cares about him? Even if nobody cares about Cole, why should he care about himself?
Chapter 10
7. Cole thinks “The power to choose was the real power, not the fake power of making others afraid.” Explain this statement.
Chapter 11
8. In this chapter, what are some of the things Cole does to survive?
Chapter 12
9. When Spirit Bear comes back, why do you think Cole chooses not to spit on him, but instead touch him?
10. How does Cole feel about death?
Ghost of a Spirit Bear – ch. 4 to end of ch. 6 Please answer in complete sentences
Chapter 4
1.What weapon does Cole plan to use if he and Peter get attacked again?
2.How does Betty say that you can find happiness?
3. What did Cole do the second time the gang tried to fight him?
4.What does the principal tell the gang to do instead of picking on Cole and Peter?
Chapter 5 -
5. What did Cole do when the police tried to arrest the homeless man with the knife?
6. When Peter talked to the circle, what did he explain had changed between he and Cole?
Chapters 6-
7. What did Peter and Cole want to give back to the homeless man?
8.What did the old homeless man remind Cole and Peter of?
9. What were the three choices that Cole gave Keith when Keith saw him walking home from the mall and threatened to beat him up?
10.What did Keith’s friends do when Cole was beaten up?
11. What did Cole think Garvey’s reaction would be when he told him he did not fight Keith?
12 What choice did Garvey want Cole to use instead of going to the police or using trickery to catch Keith and his gang?
Ch 4 to end of 6 questions for Brian’s Winter Please answer in complete sentences
Chapter 4
1. On page 32, Brian says that he just about went crazy. Why was he feeling
this way?
2. On page 35, Brian felt a kind of lethargy. What does lethargy mean?
3. Why did Brian mud the door?
4. What did Brian use the rabbit skin for?
Chapter 5
5. What kind of deer was it that the wolves had killed? Why did Brian think that the deer was a treasure?
6.Why did Brian not want to drag the deer all the way back to his camp?
7. Where did Brian put the deer head? Why did he do this?
Chapter 6
8. At this point, what did Brian know about winter?
9. Where did the skunk live? Do you think he likes having Betty around? Why or why not?
10. On page 55 Brian says the he has a roommate with a "terminal hygiene
problem. What does that mean?
11. The bow that Brian made took 50 to 60 pounds of pull to use. What does that
mean?
12. What had he decided to use his homemade bow for?
Assignment #3 – due March 8***Please answer in complete sentences . You will be given class time (3 blocks) to read & work on the questions- use your time wisely.
Touching a Spirit Bear Chapters 13- to end of ch. 17
Chapter 13
1. Why is it significant that Cole whispers “My fault!” when Garvey apologizes for getting Cole into this situation.
2. Garvey tells Cole that he will still be facing jail time when he recovers. Considering what he went through, do you think this is fair?
3. Why does Cole throw out the hair he pulled from Spirit Bear? Would you have done the same?
Chapter 14
4. Cole’s mother appears to have a change of heart regarding her lifestyle and relationship with Cole. Describe the changes and consider why you think she has changed.
5. Cole’s mother discusses how his father was beaten as a child, and she says this was a reason for him abusing Cole. How is this also a circle?
Chapter 15
6. How does Edwin demonstrate the change in Cole’s path in life?
7. The Keeper says that they have no way of knowing if Cole is over his anger. What is his response?
Chapter 16 '
8. How is Cole’s second trip to the island being funded?
9. What are some of the first tasks Cole has to complete?
10. Cole briefly considers the possibility of taking the skiff and returning to the mainland. However, even if he had tried, Edwin had removed the spark plugs from the engine, so it would not have worked. What does this incident tell us about Cole, Edwin, and Garvey?
Chapter 17
11.Cole thinks about Peter when he cannot sleep. What are his thoughts? How are these thoughts different from his earlier feelings about Peter?
Ghost of a Spirit Bear – ch. 7 to end of ch. 10 Please answer in complete sentences
1. After Cole was beat up, Cole and Peter thought about Spirit Bear. How did they want to be like the Spirit Bear?
2.What are two things Cole told his father he was guilty of?
3. What did Cole tell his father while he was visiting him?
4. Who was the first one to help Keith after he was injured on the skateboard?
5. What did Cole decide to do after he visited Keith in the hospital?
6. What did Cole tell Peter about how he was still fighting with Keith?
7.What did the old man leave in the grass for Cole and Peter?
8. What happened to Peter in the bathroom?
9 What does Garvey tell Cole on how to fix the school?
10. What does the principal do first to help stop the school’s violence?
11. What is one of the first things the principal does to begin to change the school and
get it back on track?
12.Who was Mrs. Holms? What did Mrs. Holms want the students to do once they got into a Circle?
Brian’s Winter ch 7- to end of ch. 9 Please answer in complete sentences
Chapter 7
1. On page 60, do you predict that Brian will survive his encounter with the
bear? What details in the book would support your prediction?
2. What did Brian learn about Betty?
Chapter 8
3. On page 67, why was Brian trying to ration his food?
4. Why would it be easier for Brian to hunt in fresh snow?
Chapter 9
5. Why did the rabbits change color in the winter?
6. On page 74, Brian said that he thought the rabbits were a fluke. What is a
fluke?
7. After Brian first heard the breaking of limbs, his hair stood up on his neck.
What startled Brian?
8. On page 76, Brian says that he was different now. What does he mean? How
is he different?
9.Why did the moose charge at Brian? Was the moose a male or a female?
10. What finally killed the moose?
11. On page 79, Brian saw nothing but darkness. What happened to Brian?
Assignment #4 – due March 14***Please answer in complete sentences . You will be given class time (3 blocks) to read & work on the questions- use your time wisely.
Touching a Spirit Bear Chapters 18- to end of ch. 22
Chapter 18
1. Cole is upset that Edwin and Garvey are not helping with building the shelter. By doing nothing, are they helping Cole?
2. What activities do Cole and Edwin do to help Cole release his anger?
Chapter 19
3. What lesson does Cole learn from the wolf dance?
4. When pushing the rock down the hill, Cole realizes something. What is it?
Chapter 20
5. What does Cole finally realize about regarding his father?
6. Why do you think that Edwin and Garvey don’t give Cole a lot of praise for building his cabin?
7. Edwin put the spark plugs back in the boat two days before he and Garvey left. What does this indicate?
Chapter 21
8. Cole discovers a large piece of driftwood along the beach and realizes that there are two possible uses for it. What are they? What does Cole do with the log?
9. Do you think Cole is sincere when he asks Edwin about how Peter is doing? Why or why not?
Chapter 22
10. How does Cole make himself invisible, and why is he doing this?
11. Cole appears to have discovered why Spirit Bear came to visit him, and why the fish and beaver came so close to him. What do you think the reason is?
Ghost of a Spirit Bear – ch. 11 to end of ch. 13 Please answer in complete sentences
1.What was Cole’s suggestion for how to heal the student body?
2.Why does Cole think the Spirit Bear is the best mascot?
3. Do you think that the Spirit Bear is a good choice? Why?
4 After the Circle broke at school, who did Cole see watching?
5. What does Cole say when Peter wants to give the homeless man the at.oow? (What is the reason that Coles does not want to give it away)
6. What does he want Peter to give the homeless man instead?
7. How does Peter feel about giving the man the blanket?
8.What was the homeless guy pushing in the shopping cart?
9.What did the principal need from the students before she could submit the school mascot change to the district? How many students signed the petition?
10. Why were Peter and Cole dancing in the rain?
Brian’s Winter ch 10- to end of ch 12 Please answer in complete sentences
Chapter 10 Write your answers to the following questions in full
sentences.
1. On page 80, there is a great weight on Brian. What is the great weight?
2. Brian felt sad and elated at the same time about killing the moose. What does
elated mean?
3. Why could Brian not drag the moose back to camp?
4. What was the first thing that Brian did to the moose before he started
cutting up the meat?
5. What happened to the guts?
6. How long did it take Brian to get the moose mostly back to camp?
7. What did Brian do to make his clothing “adequate” for the cold?
8. Why could Brian no longer fish?
9. On page 93, what did Brian learn from the rabbit?
10. On page 94, Brian talks about some things that he wants. What does he want
more than anything.
11. What did Brian give thanks for? (name at least 3 things)
12 What was Brian most thankful for?
Assignment #5 – due March 27***Please answer in complete sentences . You will be given class time (3 blocks) to read & work on the questions- use your time wisely.
Touching a Spirit Bear Chapters 23- to end of ch. 28
Chapter 23
1. What does Cole believe to be the secret to be invisible? Why does he come to this conclusion?
2. Cole also states “I forgive you” during his anger dance. To whom do you think he intends these statements?
Chapter 24 .
3. Peter twice attempts to commit suicide, and Cole believes the answer to Peter’s problems is to have him spend time on the island. Why does Cole think this is a good idea, & do you think that it will work?
4. Cole attempts to carve the bottom of the totem pole several times in this chapter, but cannot find an appropriate symbol for him getting over his anger. What do you think Cole should carve?
Chapter 25
5. Do you think it is a good idea for Peter to visit the island? Why or why not?
6. Peter blurts “Leave me alone. I don’t want your help!” to Cole. How is this situation similar to Cole’s initial feelings about Garvey and Edwin? How is it different? .
Chapter 26
7. Peter does not want to sleep in the cabin with Cole. What arrangements are made for Cole’s living quarters while Peter is on the island?
8. Do you think that Edwin purposely brought a leaky tent? Why or why not?
9. Why do you think Peter threw the rock at Cole and later tossed him into the water?
Chapter 27
10. What does Cole convince Peter to do after destroying the bear on his totem pole?
11. What does Peter do to Cole’s totem pole at the end of the chapter? What does this say about the change in Peter’s attitude towards Cole?
Chapter 28
12. Peter asks Garvey to not accompany Cole to the pond. Why does he do this?
13. Why does Cole not fight back?
14. Do you think Cole deserved the beating he received from Peter? Why or why not?
15. As the book closes, Peter states “What makes you think I forgave you?” Do you think Peter has forgiven Cole? Why or why not?
Ghost of a Spirit Bear – ch. 14 to end of ch. 16 Please answer in complete sentences
1.After the mascot petition was denied, what was the next step to get the mascot changed?
2.What does Keith admit to Peter?
3.How did Keith change after Peter was attacked?
4.Why isn’t the principal afraid of gangs hurting her?
5.Cole said, “If we can change the mascot, maybe students will realize ______.”
6.Why did the principal ask for a special session to consider the mascot change?
7.How did Cole get the principal to decide to do a school wide pep rally before the board meeting?
8.What did the school body chant after Peter spoke at the Pep Rally? (continued on next page)
Ghost of a Spirit Bear continued
9.Which business said they would match money raised dollar for dollar?
10.What did the principal do to show her support of changing the mascot? What was the final vote?
11.What did Keith do at the end of the book?
12.Cole said, “Maybe change starts by _____.”
13.Which unexpected person came to the board meeting?
14.When Peter and Cole go to take the at.oow to the homeless man, what do they find? .
15.What do Peter and Cole decide to do with the at.oow at the end of the story?
Brian’s Winter ch 13- to end of ch 17 Please answer in complete sentences
1. Brian thinks that the person shooting in the dark must be a
maniac. What is a maniac?
2. What were the shots that Brian heard?
3. Why were the trees breaking apart?
4. How do you think Brian felt when he realized that he had not heard gunshots?
5. Brian thinks that the cold and snow could be fatal. What does fatal mean?
6. How long did it take Brian to make the snowshoes? What did Brian think would happen to him if he didn't make the shoes?
7. Brian thought that he had been eating like a wolf. What did he mean by that?
8.On page 113, Brian said that the moose had spoiled him and he didn't want to
hunt rabbits. What did he mean by this?
9. As Brian was hunting the deer, he said that he has learned how to hunt. List
two things that Brian had to do to successfully hunt.
10. What did Brian use the deer skin for that allowed him to only make on trip
back to camp? How far was it back to camp from where he killed the deer?
11. At one time in the chapter, Brian felt like he had done something wrong when
he killed the deer. Do you think it was wrong? Why or why not?
12. On page 123, as Brian returns to camp he hears different noises. What do you
predict those noises are from?
13 Why did Brian eventually dismiss the new noises?
14. On page 126 (at the end of the book) what was Brian seeing?
15. Predict the ending. What events will occur? Will Brian be rescued?
Touching Spirit Bear: Ch 1-6 Please answer in complete sentences .
Chapter 1
1. How does Cole feel about banishment as a punishment?
2. How does Cole view adults and authority? Give examples from the book.
3. Garvey, the youth probation officer, introduces Cole to the concept of Circle Justice. Briefly describe what Circle Justice is.
Chapter 2
4. What are some of the advice and warnings Edwin gives Cole for surviving the island? (3 things)
5. What does Cole say he would do to Spirit Bear? What does Edwin tell him?
6. What does Garvey leave with Cole? What must he do with it
7. What does Cole do to his shelter at the end of the chapter? Why do you think he did this?
Chapter 3
8. Describe Cole’s plan to escape the island. Do you think he will be successful?
9. Why is it important for Peter to forgive Cole?
Chapter 4
10. Why is it significant that Cole gives a threatening look to Peter at the beginning of the Circle
11. According to the Keeper, what is the point of the Circle, and why does regular justice often fail?
Chapter 5
12 For the first time, Cole admits that he made a mistake. What was this mistake?
13 Describe Cole’s first encounter with what appears to be Spirit Bear.
Chapter 6
14. Why do you think Cole’s mother did not tell the Circle how his father would beat up on him?
15. When the Keeper asks Peter what needs to be done to make things better, he responds by saying “I think someone should smash Cole’s head against a sidewalk so he knows how it feels.” Do you think Cole already knows how this might feel? Why or why not?
Ghost of a Spirit Bear: Ch 1-3 Please answer in complete sentences
Chapter 1 & 2
1.Why does Garvey want Cole to tear down the cabin?
2.Why was it okay to leave the totems that he and Peter carved?
3.Why is Cole sad about leaving the camp again?
4.How is living on the island different from walking to school the first morning?
5.Why did Cole feel like he was “on the outside of a fishbowl looking in” when he got to school?
6.Why does Peter say that he wants to go back to the island?
7.What haunting thoughts was Cole worried about that Peter may have again?
8.What did Cole teach Peter while on the island?
9.Why does Cole tell Peter that they will have to think like they did on the island?
10.Why does Cole want permission to sit inside the grocery store freezer?
11.What are they going to use for ancestor rocks and where are they going to get them?
12.How does Cole want his mother to realize that he has changed?
Chapter 3
13.What does Garvey mean when he tells Cole to control his reality?
14.What advice did Garvey give Cole after he got in a fight with Keith?
15.What is the purpose of dropping the bowling balls out of the windows?
Ch 1-3 questions for Brian’s Winter Please answer in complete sentences
Chapter 1
1. Why was Brian in the wilderness?
2. List at least three things that Brian saved from the plane.
3. On page 10, Brian talks about a basic law. What is the law?
4. Why was it hard for Brian to hunt? Did he enjoy it?
5. Why was it so important that Brian did not waste any part of the rabbit?
6. What is one thing that you have learned from the story so far?
Chapter 2
7. What had Brian learned about territory? Who taught him about territory?
8. How did Brian leave his sign, or mark his territory?
9. Why had the bear come to Brian's camp?
10. Why would Brian's weapon not work on the bear?
11. Why did Brian not use his gun to hunt with. What did he use for hunting primarily?
Chapter 3
12. On page 25, Brian tells us something that he has learned. What is it?
13. On page 28, Brian is famished. What does famished mean?
14. Why did Brian think that his arrow was lucky?
15. Did Brian ever use the arrow again? Why or why not?
Assignment #2 – due March 2***Please answer in complete sentences . You will be given class time (3 blocks) to read & work on the questions- use your time wisely.
Touching a Spirit Bear Chapters 7- 12
Chapter 7
1. What weapon does Cole create and how does he make it? What does he intend to use it for?
2. Describe Spirit Bear and its characteristics.
Chapter 8
3. Describe Spirit Bear’s attack on Cole. (in detail)
4. As Cole lays bleeding, he thinks to himself “What luck… to end up on an island with a stupid bear that didn’t have brains enough to run away.” Has Cole realized his responsibility for what has happened?
5. Do you feel bad for what has happened to Cole? Why or why not?
Chapter 9
6. Cole comments that “Nobody else cared about him, so why should he care about himself?” Is it true that nobody else cares about him? Even if nobody cares about Cole, why should he care about himself?
Chapter 10
7. Cole thinks “The power to choose was the real power, not the fake power of making others afraid.” Explain this statement.
Chapter 11
8. In this chapter, what are some of the things Cole does to survive?
Chapter 12
9. When Spirit Bear comes back, why do you think Cole chooses not to spit on him, but instead touch him?
10. How does Cole feel about death?
Ghost of a Spirit Bear – ch. 4 to end of ch. 6 Please answer in complete sentences
Chapter 4
1.What weapon does Cole plan to use if he and Peter get attacked again?
2.How does Betty say that you can find happiness?
3. What did Cole do the second time the gang tried to fight him?
4.What does the principal tell the gang to do instead of picking on Cole and Peter?
Chapter 5 -
5. What did Cole do when the police tried to arrest the homeless man with the knife?
6. When Peter talked to the circle, what did he explain had changed between he and Cole?
Chapters 6-
7. What did Peter and Cole want to give back to the homeless man?
8.What did the old homeless man remind Cole and Peter of?
9. What were the three choices that Cole gave Keith when Keith saw him walking home from the mall and threatened to beat him up?
10.What did Keith’s friends do when Cole was beaten up?
11. What did Cole think Garvey’s reaction would be when he told him he did not fight Keith?
12 What choice did Garvey want Cole to use instead of going to the police or using trickery to catch Keith and his gang?
Ch 4 to end of 6 questions for Brian’s Winter Please answer in complete sentences
Chapter 4
1. On page 32, Brian says that he just about went crazy. Why was he feeling
this way?
2. On page 35, Brian felt a kind of lethargy. What does lethargy mean?
3. Why did Brian mud the door?
4. What did Brian use the rabbit skin for?
Chapter 5
5. What kind of deer was it that the wolves had killed? Why did Brian think that the deer was a treasure?
6.Why did Brian not want to drag the deer all the way back to his camp?
7. Where did Brian put the deer head? Why did he do this?
Chapter 6
8. At this point, what did Brian know about winter?
9. Where did the skunk live? Do you think he likes having Betty around? Why or why not?
10. On page 55 Brian says the he has a roommate with a "terminal hygiene
problem. What does that mean?
11. The bow that Brian made took 50 to 60 pounds of pull to use. What does that
mean?
12. What had he decided to use his homemade bow for?
Assignment #3 – due March 8***Please answer in complete sentences . You will be given class time (3 blocks) to read & work on the questions- use your time wisely.
Touching a Spirit Bear Chapters 13- to end of ch. 17
Chapter 13
1. Why is it significant that Cole whispers “My fault!” when Garvey apologizes for getting Cole into this situation.
2. Garvey tells Cole that he will still be facing jail time when he recovers. Considering what he went through, do you think this is fair?
3. Why does Cole throw out the hair he pulled from Spirit Bear? Would you have done the same?
Chapter 14
4. Cole’s mother appears to have a change of heart regarding her lifestyle and relationship with Cole. Describe the changes and consider why you think she has changed.
5. Cole’s mother discusses how his father was beaten as a child, and she says this was a reason for him abusing Cole. How is this also a circle?
Chapter 15
6. How does Edwin demonstrate the change in Cole’s path in life?
7. The Keeper says that they have no way of knowing if Cole is over his anger. What is his response?
Chapter 16 '
8. How is Cole’s second trip to the island being funded?
9. What are some of the first tasks Cole has to complete?
10. Cole briefly considers the possibility of taking the skiff and returning to the mainland. However, even if he had tried, Edwin had removed the spark plugs from the engine, so it would not have worked. What does this incident tell us about Cole, Edwin, and Garvey?
Chapter 17
11.Cole thinks about Peter when he cannot sleep. What are his thoughts? How are these thoughts different from his earlier feelings about Peter?
Ghost of a Spirit Bear – ch. 7 to end of ch. 10 Please answer in complete sentences
1. After Cole was beat up, Cole and Peter thought about Spirit Bear. How did they want to be like the Spirit Bear?
2.What are two things Cole told his father he was guilty of?
3. What did Cole tell his father while he was visiting him?
4. Who was the first one to help Keith after he was injured on the skateboard?
5. What did Cole decide to do after he visited Keith in the hospital?
6. What did Cole tell Peter about how he was still fighting with Keith?
7.What did the old man leave in the grass for Cole and Peter?
8. What happened to Peter in the bathroom?
9 What does Garvey tell Cole on how to fix the school?
10. What does the principal do first to help stop the school’s violence?
11. What is one of the first things the principal does to begin to change the school and
get it back on track?
12.Who was Mrs. Holms? What did Mrs. Holms want the students to do once they got into a Circle?
Brian’s Winter ch 7- to end of ch. 9 Please answer in complete sentences
Chapter 7
1. On page 60, do you predict that Brian will survive his encounter with the
bear? What details in the book would support your prediction?
2. What did Brian learn about Betty?
Chapter 8
3. On page 67, why was Brian trying to ration his food?
4. Why would it be easier for Brian to hunt in fresh snow?
Chapter 9
5. Why did the rabbits change color in the winter?
6. On page 74, Brian said that he thought the rabbits were a fluke. What is a
fluke?
7. After Brian first heard the breaking of limbs, his hair stood up on his neck.
What startled Brian?
8. On page 76, Brian says that he was different now. What does he mean? How
is he different?
9.Why did the moose charge at Brian? Was the moose a male or a female?
10. What finally killed the moose?
11. On page 79, Brian saw nothing but darkness. What happened to Brian?
Assignment #4 – due March 14***Please answer in complete sentences . You will be given class time (3 blocks) to read & work on the questions- use your time wisely.
Touching a Spirit Bear Chapters 18- to end of ch. 22
Chapter 18
1. Cole is upset that Edwin and Garvey are not helping with building the shelter. By doing nothing, are they helping Cole?
2. What activities do Cole and Edwin do to help Cole release his anger?
Chapter 19
3. What lesson does Cole learn from the wolf dance?
4. When pushing the rock down the hill, Cole realizes something. What is it?
Chapter 20
5. What does Cole finally realize about regarding his father?
6. Why do you think that Edwin and Garvey don’t give Cole a lot of praise for building his cabin?
7. Edwin put the spark plugs back in the boat two days before he and Garvey left. What does this indicate?
Chapter 21
8. Cole discovers a large piece of driftwood along the beach and realizes that there are two possible uses for it. What are they? What does Cole do with the log?
9. Do you think Cole is sincere when he asks Edwin about how Peter is doing? Why or why not?
Chapter 22
10. How does Cole make himself invisible, and why is he doing this?
11. Cole appears to have discovered why Spirit Bear came to visit him, and why the fish and beaver came so close to him. What do you think the reason is?
Ghost of a Spirit Bear – ch. 11 to end of ch. 13 Please answer in complete sentences
1.What was Cole’s suggestion for how to heal the student body?
2.Why does Cole think the Spirit Bear is the best mascot?
3. Do you think that the Spirit Bear is a good choice? Why?
4 After the Circle broke at school, who did Cole see watching?
5. What does Cole say when Peter wants to give the homeless man the at.oow? (What is the reason that Coles does not want to give it away)
6. What does he want Peter to give the homeless man instead?
7. How does Peter feel about giving the man the blanket?
8.What was the homeless guy pushing in the shopping cart?
9.What did the principal need from the students before she could submit the school mascot change to the district? How many students signed the petition?
10. Why were Peter and Cole dancing in the rain?
Brian’s Winter ch 10- to end of ch 12 Please answer in complete sentences
Chapter 10 Write your answers to the following questions in full
sentences.
1. On page 80, there is a great weight on Brian. What is the great weight?
2. Brian felt sad and elated at the same time about killing the moose. What does
elated mean?
3. Why could Brian not drag the moose back to camp?
4. What was the first thing that Brian did to the moose before he started
cutting up the meat?
5. What happened to the guts?
6. How long did it take Brian to get the moose mostly back to camp?
7. What did Brian do to make his clothing “adequate” for the cold?
8. Why could Brian no longer fish?
9. On page 93, what did Brian learn from the rabbit?
10. On page 94, Brian talks about some things that he wants. What does he want
more than anything.
11. What did Brian give thanks for? (name at least 3 things)
12 What was Brian most thankful for?
Assignment #5 – due March 27***Please answer in complete sentences . You will be given class time (3 blocks) to read & work on the questions- use your time wisely.
Touching a Spirit Bear Chapters 23- to end of ch. 28
Chapter 23
1. What does Cole believe to be the secret to be invisible? Why does he come to this conclusion?
2. Cole also states “I forgive you” during his anger dance. To whom do you think he intends these statements?
Chapter 24 .
3. Peter twice attempts to commit suicide, and Cole believes the answer to Peter’s problems is to have him spend time on the island. Why does Cole think this is a good idea, & do you think that it will work?
4. Cole attempts to carve the bottom of the totem pole several times in this chapter, but cannot find an appropriate symbol for him getting over his anger. What do you think Cole should carve?
Chapter 25
5. Do you think it is a good idea for Peter to visit the island? Why or why not?
6. Peter blurts “Leave me alone. I don’t want your help!” to Cole. How is this situation similar to Cole’s initial feelings about Garvey and Edwin? How is it different? .
Chapter 26
7. Peter does not want to sleep in the cabin with Cole. What arrangements are made for Cole’s living quarters while Peter is on the island?
8. Do you think that Edwin purposely brought a leaky tent? Why or why not?
9. Why do you think Peter threw the rock at Cole and later tossed him into the water?
Chapter 27
10. What does Cole convince Peter to do after destroying the bear on his totem pole?
11. What does Peter do to Cole’s totem pole at the end of the chapter? What does this say about the change in Peter’s attitude towards Cole?
Chapter 28
12. Peter asks Garvey to not accompany Cole to the pond. Why does he do this?
13. Why does Cole not fight back?
14. Do you think Cole deserved the beating he received from Peter? Why or why not?
15. As the book closes, Peter states “What makes you think I forgave you?” Do you think Peter has forgiven Cole? Why or why not?
Ghost of a Spirit Bear – ch. 14 to end of ch. 16 Please answer in complete sentences
1.After the mascot petition was denied, what was the next step to get the mascot changed?
2.What does Keith admit to Peter?
3.How did Keith change after Peter was attacked?
4.Why isn’t the principal afraid of gangs hurting her?
5.Cole said, “If we can change the mascot, maybe students will realize ______.”
6.Why did the principal ask for a special session to consider the mascot change?
7.How did Cole get the principal to decide to do a school wide pep rally before the board meeting?
8.What did the school body chant after Peter spoke at the Pep Rally? (continued on next page)
Ghost of a Spirit Bear continued
9.Which business said they would match money raised dollar for dollar?
10.What did the principal do to show her support of changing the mascot? What was the final vote?
11.What did Keith do at the end of the book?
12.Cole said, “Maybe change starts by _____.”
13.Which unexpected person came to the board meeting?
14.When Peter and Cole go to take the at.oow to the homeless man, what do they find? .
15.What do Peter and Cole decide to do with the at.oow at the end of the story?
Brian’s Winter ch 13- to end of ch 17 Please answer in complete sentences
1. Brian thinks that the person shooting in the dark must be a
maniac. What is a maniac?
2. What were the shots that Brian heard?
3. Why were the trees breaking apart?
4. How do you think Brian felt when he realized that he had not heard gunshots?
5. Brian thinks that the cold and snow could be fatal. What does fatal mean?
6. How long did it take Brian to make the snowshoes? What did Brian think would happen to him if he didn't make the shoes?
7. Brian thought that he had been eating like a wolf. What did he mean by that?
8.On page 113, Brian said that the moose had spoiled him and he didn't want to
hunt rabbits. What did he mean by this?
9. As Brian was hunting the deer, he said that he has learned how to hunt. List
two things that Brian had to do to successfully hunt.
10. What did Brian use the deer skin for that allowed him to only make on trip
back to camp? How far was it back to camp from where he killed the deer?
11. At one time in the chapter, Brian felt like he had done something wrong when
he killed the deer. Do you think it was wrong? Why or why not?
12. On page 123, as Brian returns to camp he hears different noises. What do you
predict those noises are from?
13 Why did Brian eventually dismiss the new noises?
14. On page 126 (at the end of the book) what was Brian seeing?
15. Predict the ending. What events will occur? Will Brian be rescued?