Chapter 2 Flashcards
Why is Dora-Rouge so lightweight and wise?
She had fought gravity and won
What did Angel often do as a baby?
Watch and listen to the trees
What does Angel find in the box in Dora-Rouge’s room?
A piece of amber in a birds nest with a frog inside
What does Agnes do every night to renew herself?
Walk to where the Perdition River and Lake Grand flow into each other
What song does Agnes sing and where did she hear it?
She heard the song inside her bear coat and it is a song that calls lost things out of hiding
What kind of bear is Agnes’s coat made of?
The last glacier bear
Who found the bear and what did he do to it?
The Frenchman Beauregard used it to fight dogs for bets, then let men wrestle it when it was weak, finally charging people just to see it
How old was Agnes when the bear arrived?
12
What does Agnes do to try and protect the bear from the boys?
She brought a gun
Why did Agnes kill the bear?
To help it escape it’s life of pain and torture
How does Agnes react to Beauregard stealing the bear’s fur?
She says that he can take it and she will just wait for him to die
What does Frenchie do every night?
Has dinner in Agnes’s house uninvited
Who does Frenchie have a thing for?
Justin LeBlanc
What do people call LaRue?
Done Time
Why does LaRue try to befriend Angel and how does he do that?
To get closer to Bush. He offers to take Angel fishing and gives her an arrowhead
What do the men talk about?
They talk about fish in a circular fashion to keep their best fishing spots secret
What do the women talk about?
The most meaningful and deepest subjects, like love and tragedy
What did Dora-Rouge used to say when she saw the northern lights?
Here comes sky on its many trails
What question does Frenchie ask Angel?
What happened to her face
What does Angel accidentally do after Frenchie asks about her scars?
She cuts her finger
What stirs Angel’s memory of being in the hospital as a child?
The smell of gauze and adhesive tape from when Agnes tries to help clean her finger wound
What does Angel do once she is in the bathroom to clean her wound?
She punches the mirror and shatters it
What objects were in the mirror shelves in Agnes’s bathroom?
Iodine, Mercurochrome, Merthiolate, Wild Root Oil
