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Solar Storms (Char. Analysis) 👶👵🧓👩‍🦰🧔‍♂️ Flashcards

1
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Why is Angel’s face severely scarred?

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her mother’s physical abuse

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How old is Angel when she was placed in foster care after her mother physically abused her?

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5

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How old is Angel when she returns to Adma’s Rib to reconnect with her family and reunite with her mother?

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17

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How did Angel spend her childhood before she arrived at Adam’s Rib?

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moving from one foster home to another, feeling unwanted and unable to connect with others due to her circumstances

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Who is the matriarch of the family in “Solar Storms”, Angel’s great-great grandmother and Agnes’s mother?

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Dora-Rouge

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Who is Dora-Rouge’s late husband who she often talked to?

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Luther

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What is Dora-Rouge’s ethnicity?

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Cree and Ojibwa

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Where was Dora-Rouge born?

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in the North country in the land of the Beautiful People

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With what river does Dora-Rouge make a pact with to allow the women to pass and survive the treacherous waters?

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Se Nay River

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10
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Where does Dora-Rouge live until her death at the end of the book?

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the north, the land of the Beautiful People
- didn’t return to Adam’s Rib, remained at the forefront of the protest in her homeland

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Who is Dora-Rouge’s daughter and Angel’s great-grandmother?

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Agnes Iron

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What is the story of Agnes’s bear coat?

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  • during her childhood, she befriended a bear who was taken captive and used for show
  • she knew the animal was abused and wanted to die, felt empathy for the bear, and committed a mercy killing
  • later stole the bear’s fur coat from its former owner and spent her life communing with the bear and wearing its fur
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13
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With what other character does Agnes have a romantic relationship?

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John Husk

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What does Agnes request of Angel should she die?

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requests to be given to the animals, so she can become part of nature and so that her body can serve the animals

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Who are Hannah Wing’s parents?

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Harold (Bush’s husband) and Loretta Wing

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How does Hannah end up being taken care of by Bush?

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she appears from the water one day and is taken in by Bush who tries to help her

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True or False: Hannah only has one child, who is Angel.

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FALSE: Hannah has multiple children in addition to Angel, not all of which are discussed in detail

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18
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Who is Hannah stabbed by before her death?

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Eron

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Describe Hannah’s physical appearance.

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covered in scars and cuts and cigarette burns, said to be possessed by many spirits who want to hurt her and others

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What does Bush do for a living?

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recreates skeletons of animals for museums

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What is the name of the island that Bush lives on?

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Fur Island

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Why is Bush distant from the rest of the community at Adam’s Rib?

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she grew up in Oklahoma and was brought to Adam’s Rib by Harold after they were married
- she tries to take care of Harold’s daughter, Hannah, even though Harold ran off with Loretta

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Why does Bush share an important bond with Angel?

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she acted as Angel’s caretaker and was a grandmotherly figure to her throughout her childhood and again when Angel returns to Adam’s Rib

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What is Bush’s core role in the fight against the dam construction?

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she becomes a leader in the resistance against BEEVCO and the government, writing letters to newspapers and documenting the devastation through photographs

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25
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Describe Loretta Wing’s signature smell.

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sweet almond smell, which Dora-Rouge comes to recognize as cyanide

26
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True or False: Loretta Wing is from Adam’s Rib.

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False: she arrives there with an unknown man who leaves her there

27
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From what tribe did Loretta Wing hail from?

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the Elk Islander tribe
- they were starved by colonizers and forced to eat poisoned deer carcasses

28
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How did generational trauma begin in Loretta Wing?

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she was traumatized by watching her people starve and consume poisoned deer carcasses, said to be haunted by spirits because of it, and passes it to Hannah, who passes it to Angel

29
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How are Loretta and Hannah similar?

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they share the same red hair and haunted spirits

30
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What does John Husk call Dora-Rouge?

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“my mother”
- tribute to Dora-Rouge’s wisdom and respect as an elder in their community

31
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Which character in “Solar Storms” often connects their scientific understanding with their Indigenous spirituality and remarks how the ideas support each other?

A

John Husk

32
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Who is Dora-Rouge’s mother?

A

Ek

33
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From whom does Angel inherit her gift for plant dreaming?

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Ek, Dora-Rouge’s mother

34
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Who has Ek’s plant book which helps Dora-Rouge and Angle learn about healing plants and search for them in the area?

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Tulik

35
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Through her physical appearances, how is Frenchie different from the other women in Adam’s Rib?

A
  • she dresses more flamboyantly
  • wears red lipstick
  • revels in Avon perfumes
  • wears heavy makeup
  • wears pearls
36
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Who is Frenchie romantically involved with in the novel?

A

Justin LeBlanc

37
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What is Frenchie’s daughter’s name?

A

Helene

38
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How does Frenchie’s daughter die?

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Helene drowns in Lake Grand

39
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What is LaRue Marks Time also known as?

A

“Done Time”

40
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Which character does LaRue Marks Time fall in love with?

A

Bush

41
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How does LaRue earn his living?

A

as a taxidermist

42
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What do LaRue and Bush do together to earn a living?

A

LaRue sells Bush’s reconstructed animal skeletons to museums

43
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What war did LaRue fight in?

A

Vietnam War

44
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What does LaRue have a challenging time with that Angel tries to help him at?

A

fishing and hunting

and getting women

45
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What does LaRue do when he travels to the dam protests, which damages his relationship (if he ever had one) with Bush?

A

he joins sides with those who prefer monetary compensation and speaks out against Bush publicly

46
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How does LaRue change at the end of the novel?

A

he has a newfound respect for nature

47
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How many languages does Tommy speak?

A

3, apparently

48
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Where do Tommy and Angel first meet?

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Tinselman’s, where Bush and Angel regularly shop for supplies

49
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What does Tommy do, living on the Hundred-Year-Old Road?

A

he helps the elders

50
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What happens to Tommy and Angel at the end of the novel?

A

they get married and raise Aurora together

51
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Believing that Aurora is the spirit of his dead grandfather, what does Tulik call Aurora?

A

“my grandfather”

52
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Who gives Aurora the name of “our future”?

A

Ms. Nett, Auntie, and the other family members

53
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What does Aurora represent in the novel?

A

hope, especially for Angel as she plans for her sister to never experience the traumas that she and her mother and grandmothers have endured

54
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By what name does Tulik remember Dora-Rouge?

A

Ena

55
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What role does Tulik serve in his community?

A

he is an elder and Tribal Judge

56
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With what character does Tulik become romantically involved with in the novel?

A

Dora-Rouge

57
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True of False: Tulik dies before getting to see his advocacy work pay off when the dam project is halted

A

TRUE: unfortunately, despite his tireless work to continue fighting the court system, he dies before seeing the victory he’d fought for

58
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How does Ms. Nett come to join the fight at Two-Town?

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after hearing Angel’s radio interview about how the police treated her

59
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Who does Ms. Nett become great friends with?

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Dora-Rouge

60
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Why does Ms. Nett want to help the people at the land of the Beautiful People?

A

she has already lost her home to flooding and doesn’t want it to happen to others

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