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34 Cards in this Set
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Who's Billie Wind? |
A teenage girl from the 1970's who lives in an Indian tribe. She doesn't believe in the nature spirits that her tribe believes in because she has gone to school and learned about science, the same as everyone else in her tribe. Later in the book she starts to believe in nature spirits because she thinks that the animals "talk" to her and tell her whats going on. |
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Who's Charley Wind? |
He's Billie Wind's uncle. He is the person who sends her on her quest to go somewhere and wait until she hears the animal spirits. He does this because the tribe thinks she needs to believe in the animal spirits. |
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Who's Mary Wind? |
She's Billie Wind's sister. She's the one who told Charley Wind that she didn't believe in the nature spirits. |
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Where does she start her journey? |
Lake Okechobe, she travels by boat. |
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What is the name of her otter pet? |
Petang |
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How did she try to get home after the fire? |
She swam across the river and made a boat out of a cyprus log. She doesn't go home yet because she hasn't completed her quest. |
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Where did she go after that? |
Big Cyprus Swamp |
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What's the name of her panther? |
Coootchobi |
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What is the nickname for the southern secessionists? |
Dirty seches |
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Charley is not old in years but in ___________. |
Experiences |
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At Gettysburg how does Charley feel about the dying enemy soldiers? |
Sorry |
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At the end of the war, Charley has a ____________ that was carried by a Confederate officer. |
pistol |
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After the Battle of Bull Run, what do the officers tell the men to do? |
Rest |
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What does Charley realize as the men get closer to Richmond? |
There are many guns. |
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What is Charley's state of mind during the battle of Bull Run? |
Cowardly and scared |
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That night after Bull Run when officers tell the men they did a good, Charley knows it is ____________. |
A lie |
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For every one man who has died in battle, ___________ men have died of dysentry. |
4 |
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During Bull Run where does Charley finally take cover? |
A grove of maple trees |
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What do the men do while waiting for the next battle? |
Drill and wait. |
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At his picnic, what does Charley touch at the river? |
A revolver |
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How much money does Charley keep for himself? |
$4 |
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At least one half of the men from __________ die from some form of contagious disease. |
New York |
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What does Charley think of as he looks out at the battlefield after Bull Run? |
Running away |
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Where is Charley in June 1867? |
Minnesota |
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At Gettysburg, Charley wonders if the Rebel soldiers are brave or _____________. |
Stupid |
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Who is the soldier with the stomach wound that Charley helps? |
Nelson |
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Who thanked Charley for what he was doing and hoped God would keep him safe? |
a colored woman in Maryland |
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How does Charley measure his war experience? |
By meadows |
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After his third battle Charley was ordered to build a windbreak by a surgeon at the field hospital. What did he use to build it? |
Bodies of dead soldiers |
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What is the name of the person Kit meets on the ship the dolphin? She kind of likes him. |
Nathanial Eaton |
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What is the town her aunt and uncle live in called? |
Wethersfield |
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What religion are her aunt and uncle? |
Puritans |
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What is the name of the person she meets on the dolphin who is going to Wethersfield to study under Gershom Bulkely? |
John Holbrook |
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What are the five parts of literature? |
Theme, setting, motif, character, plot |
