The Canyon's Edge Flashcards
What is the main characters name?
Eleanor
What is the last item Dad pulled out from his pack?
A flare gun
Who is Danielle ?
Her best friend
What car do they have?
A Jeep
What does Nora love to do that makes her feel closer to her mom?
writing
What is Nora’s therapist’s name?
Mary
Does Nora like sharing her writing ?
No
What is Nora afraid of? What killed her mom and injured her dad ?
A gun/bullet
Where do Nora and her dad travel to?
A slot canyon
What did Nora think of the canyon?
It’s small
What does Nora’s dad think is dangerous?
People
What does Nora’s dad shout before climbing down into the canyon?
“To infinity and beyond!”
What knot does Nora tie before climbing down the canyon?
A figure-eight knot
What is a belayer, and who is the belayer in the book?
Some who holds the rope at the bottom/dad
What does Nora fear ?
dying
What pants did Nora wish she’d wore ?
Long pants instead of jean shorts
What does Nora’s dad give her for her birthday ?
A heart shaped rock
What special day is it when they go to the canyon?
Nora’s birthday
What is Nora’s dad humming?
“Across the Universe”
Where did Nora’s mom die?
1 year ago at Cafe Ardiente
What did Nora’s dad think would be neat to see in a canyon?
A fox
What two animals has dad never seen in a canyon?
A ringtail and fox
What did Nora’s dad like writing?
Haikus
What does Nora want to do that her dad won’t let her?
Go to school
What does Nora say to her father that she later regrets ?
I hate you
What three things does her farther say before the water tears him from the war?
I love you, I’m sorry, and Hold on
What has Elnora lost during the flood?
Her backpack,hoodie, hair tie, helmet, harness, gloves, food, water, and the last person in her life.
When was her mother shot?
On her birthday
Where did Nora remember camping with her parents?
Canyon de Chelly
How many nights in a row does Nora wish her mother was here with her?
The 366th
What other mom was there during Nora’s birthday ?
Safia Moreno
What is the Beast ?
A tormentor , monster, a demon
What 2 items does Nora find that could be useful
part of a cup ( crumbled) and a shard of gray shale
Does Nora lost the heart shaped rock ?
Yes
What snake does Nora find in the desert/canyon?
A Mojave snake ( dealy venomous)
What fruit did Mom love?
watermelon
What word did Danielle and Nora spell on each other’s forhead when trying mudmasks?
POOP
How does Nora divide her hair?
Before and after
How does Nora find water?
My filtering out the sand and water by using her tank top
What does Nora find tangled in the trees?
a rope
What does Apophenia mean?
trying to find a pattern when there isn’t one
What food does Nora find?
Mesquite beans
Where is the refuge?
20 feet up
Who is the other person speaking?
Her therapist , Mary
What is Nora terrified of that she doesn’t want her parents to know?
she’s afraid heights
What does Nora do with the sharp shale when she’s in the refuge?
She cuts and tears all her before hair off
What does Nora do after she cuts her hair?
Scream
What stings Nora and how many times?
A bark scorpian/twice
What color are Danielle’s eyes and hair?
Big brown eyes and curly black hair
Why did Danielle want to keep the bluegill ?
For a pet
What name would Danielle give the bluegill?
Danny
What does Mary want Nora to do?
rewrite her nightmares
What song does Nora’s mom sing to her when she needs comforting?
“Golden Slumbers”
What song does Nora’s mom sing to her in the cave?
“Let it be”
What is Mom’s favorite band?
the Beatles
What song was for Dad?
” In My Life”
What song was for Nora?
“Blackbird”
What song did Nora’s dad cry to that she hates ?
“Yesterday
What song does Nora change it to and then another some they listen to?
“Hey Jude” and “Here Comes the Sun”
What does Nora kick over the edge?
The rope
What insect does Nora see ?
monarch butterfly
What desert are they in?
The Sonoran Desert
What does Nora hope the Desert does?
forgive
What fruit does Nora eat?
prickly pear
What does prickly pear taste like?
watermelon
What animal does Nora see that her dad thought would be cool to see?
a fox
What does Nora find after she saw the fox?
her dad
What side of the canyon was Nora’s dad
the opposite side
How many children did Sofia Moreno have?
two boys
What brave act did Sofia Moreno do?
She tackled the shooter , and died doing so
What did Nora’s mom call her?
Blackbird ( from the Beatles song)
What is Nora’s boundary?
a canyon
Who did Nora draw strength from ?
Danielle, her mom, her dad, and love
What does Nora take out from Dad’s backpack?
A canteen of water which she drinks and pours into her dad’s mouth, a lighter, and the flare gun
How does Nora bring help?
by using the flare gun to create a fire
What saves them from the canyon after Nora pulled the trigger for the flare gun?
A helicopter and people
How many parts are in this book ?
3
What hairstyle does Nora have now?
a pixie cut
What body part did Nora and her dad break?
Nora has a leg brace and dad has an arm sling
How many parts did Nora think her life had and what were they?
two= Before and After
How many parts does Nora think her life has now?
three= Before, After, and After After
Does Danielle let Nora back in?
yes
What color was Nora’s hoodie?
pink
What time of day was it in the beginning of the book?
night
Where were they in the beginning of the book?
the middle of a cold, dark desert night
What is Nora’s favorite flavor of electrolyte power?
watermelon
What is the first joke Dad says?
“Did you hear about those bones they found on the moon?..”I guess the cow didn’t make it”
Where did Nora get her pink hoodie?
Sunset Crater
What does Nora’s pink hoodie say?
“Get Out There”
What does Dad think is amazing?
wolf spiders
What does Dad think Nora should have done?
Invited Danielle
When was the last time Danielle was with them all?
When they went camping and fishing at Barlett Lake
Who didn’t want to touch worms?
Danielle
Who hooked Danielle worms on her fishing rod?
Nora
What poem did Nora write after arriving at the canyon?
“The sapphire sky/breathes in’the desert morning/and breathes out/pink flame to burn up/the wisps of silver clouds “
What did Mary see writing as?
A tool that Nora can use
Does Nora think she can write as well as her mom?
No
How is Dad’s hair?
Graying , overgrown and curling over his ears
Why does Nora stumble over a couple of larger rocks?
Because she’s sleepy
What does Dad rub on his leg?
special lotion
How often does Dad vist the doctor?
every month
How often does Dad swallow pills?
every day
How many times did Dad get surgery ?
3 times plus a metal rod
Who’s the author?
Dusti Bowling
What direction did Dad point to as he folds the map?
East
What animal sounds like an engine that won’t turn over?
cactus wren
What was the documentary about that Mom, Dad, and Nora saw?
It was about a man who walked over a canyon on a tightrope
Who was tense watching the documentary despite knowing he wouldn’t fall?
Nora
What did last year feel like to Nora?
walking on a tight rope
Who calls Nora Eleanor?
Mary, her therapist
What does Mary compare Nora to?
the canyon
Is the slot canyon they visit name?
no
What other slot canyon has Nora seen?
Antelope Canyon
Where does Nora toss her hair tie?
In her pack
What was Dad munching on?
some beef jerky
What did Nora grab to eat after several hours of hiking?
a protein bar
Where does Nora eat the protein bar?
To an outcropping “along one canyon wall where the rock juts out like a small stage a few feet high and wide”
How does Nora sit while eating the protein bar?
cross-legged
What does Nora do while eating the protein bar?
run her fingers ‘ along a deep crack in the stone surface”
What does Nora do after eating the protein bar?
took off her hoodie and bunched it up under her head , and lie back on the flat stone surface
“What’s brown and sticky?”
a stick
What does Nora want?
things to go back to normal
What does Nora think the rushing water was?
A stampede or an earthquake
What color was the water that swept Nora and her father?
black
What happened to Nora’s backpack?
The Black Water swept it away
What does the water hit like?
a train
Did Nora have time to say I love you to her dad?
No, the last thing she said was I hate you
Did the Black Water manage to tear Dad away from the Wall?
Yes
What question does Mary often ask?
” What do you fear, Eleanor?” and “ Are you likely to die in this situation?”
What is Dad’s height ?
6 feet
What does Nora have left after the Black Water washed away almost everything?
Her life
It’s the second timer in a single year that…?
One of her parents put her life before theirs
What reason did Nora need to know so desperately that Dad sent her to Mary?
Why would a person walk into a restaurant and just start shooting?
Did Mary tell Nora why yet?
No
What was whistling?
red-spotted toads
What is siihasin?
harmony
What is the guide called in Canyon de Chelly?
Diné Guide
Who played a song on Nora’s last birthday last year?
A guitarist
What did Nora eat on her last birthday?
fried ice cream
What color was Nora’s candle last year?
blue
What food did Sofia Moreno order for her two boys?
fajitas
What did Sofia and her two boys do when the server brought out their fajitas?
clap
What did Sofia do to keep her boys from touching the flame?
pulled her kids to her
What did Mom do when she heard the tremendous boom?
Shove Nora under the table
What startled Nora awake from her nightmare?
yipping of coyotes
What was Dad and Nora tossing before the shooting at the store?
tossing boxes of macaroni and cheese into a grocery cart
Where did Nora and her Dad hide behind during the store shooting?
in the cereal aisle behind a tower of Frosted Flakes
Is Nora thirsty?
yes
Describe the Mojave snake.
greenish tinge, fading diamond pattern, white rings on tail, wider than black rings
What did Nora think the Mojave snake could have been?
a diamond back
Is a Mojave venomous?
Yes, deadly venomous
What is Nora’s nightmare?
The shooting that happened on her birthday
What is a grounding technique for coping with PTSD?
using your 5 senses
What would Nora do if she was home for the hearing part of coping?
turn on music
What would Nora do if she was home for the taste part of coping?
eat a chocolate from a jar of chocolates she keeps in her room
Where does the Mojave snake strike?
At Nora’s ankles
How many species of cactus won’t make you violently sick?
one kidn
What type of cactus does Nora spot?
a barrel cactus
Where does one needle pierce at her boot?
into her heel
What did the park ranger at Montezuma Castle teach Nora?
a sing in a tree thinner than the rest indicates a drought occurred that year
Where is Nora’s Before hair?
a foot of her hair from the tip
What hairstyle would Danielle have braided Nora’s hair into?
fishtail
What would Danielle rub into Nora’s hair before going to the pool?
lemon
Where is Nora’s After hair?
six inches of hair from the root
What color was Nora’s tank top?
white
What does Nora use in replace of sunscreen?
mud
Who was Gerard Manley Hopkins?
A poet who “would sit on a cliff and sketch sea waves, to see whether one every repeated” to see if there was a god
What two animals mentioned uses the spines of the cholla to protect itself?
cactus wren and pack rat
How do you know when mesquite beans are ready to eat?
When they rattle like the snake
What shape and size are mesquite beans?
small and shaped like a sunflower seed
What does Nora rub on her hands in replace of chalk?
dirt
Where did Nora’s mom and dad meet?
on the face of a thousand-foot-tall cliff
How did Nora’s mom and dad spend their honeymoon ?
zip-lining over rainforests
What river did Nora’s parents raft?
whitewater rafted the Colorado river
Where did they hike strapping Nora on their backs when she was younger?
The Grand Canyon
Did Nora climb up with shoes?
No, she did it barefoot
What are heart racing, body shaking, breath out of control?
anger cues
What does Nora do with the rock after she cuts her hair?
throws it against the cave wall , and it shatters into pieces
What is gone after Nora finishes screaming?
Her energy, voice, before hair, and off of her before
What were the after affects of being bite by a bark scorpion?
back begins to burn, head spins, tongue swells, muscles twitch, eyes roll, and insides roil
Who is strong enough to scare the Beast away?
Nora’s mother
How many days can a person go without water?
three days
How many days has it been since the flood after Nora wakes up in the refuge?
48 hours/2 days
What is the msot powerful thing Nora has to power her clim?
anger
What does Dad say is crucial when Nora was 6 at his rock gym?
grip strength
What did Mary teach Nora to make?
balloon of floor
How do you make a balloon of flour and with what?
“Take a regular birthday balloon, baking flour, and a funnel to fill it”
Why was Nora able to hold on the canyon wall of rock ?
because she kneaded her balloon of flour thousands of times
Where does Nora stop to consider curling up under its skinny branches?
a large palo verde
Where does Nora stop in front of to ponder how to make a rope?
a large ocotillo
How long would it take to weave a forty-foot rope?
too long
Weave a rope like the ____ weave their beautiful baskets?
Tohono O’odham
What did Dad and Nora use the prickly pear for?
prickly pear Popsicles
What does Mom do while the three of them sit on the porch?
read her newest poem
How many prickly pears would Nora have to eat to satisfy her need?
a thousand
What did the sunblock smell like?
cocnuts
What does Nora wish the dust devil was made of?
water
What might Nora be when she’s older?
a park ranger
What might Danielle be when she’s older?
A stylist
What might Danielle be when she’s older?
no
Does Nora pick up the phone when Danielle calls later the day she told her “You can’t!” and “Go away”?
no
Why did Danielle chose to leave Nora’s life?
Because it was the only choice she gave her
What does liminal space mean?
“Time between what was and whatever might come next”
What give Nora the tiniest boost of strength and clears her mind?
The smell of creosote
What does Nora do that scares the fox?
stretch out her hand
How many more feet did Dad have to climb to make it to the top?
5 feet
What flies in circles above Nora and Dad?
turkey vultures
How does Nora know that Dad isn’t dead?
the twitch of his finger
What has Nora come to realize/found in the desert?
she is more than what one person did to her and that past year
What skin pigmentation are Nora’s legs?
brown
What leg does Nora break?
her right leg
What did Danielle teach Nora to do?
bake snickerdoodles, braid a fishtail, and to dive
What does Nora’s leg hit first when she climbed down to Dad?
his legs
What happens to the flare gun after Nora pulls it?
it slips from her fingers into the canyon
“Why did the elephant sit on the marshmallow?”
To keep from falling into the hot chocolate
What was Nora reading in the beginning of Part Three?
read her poems to dad
What does Nora do after she put down her notebook in Part Three?
take a drink of water
What inspired this book?
A flash flood that took nine people who were from Bowlings hometown of Cave Creek out of this world
What does Nora say as she climbs down the canyon?
” On rappel!”
Does Nora freeze while she climbs down the canyon?
yes
What helps Nora unfreeze when she climbed down the canyon?
poetry
What color was the rope that Nora and Dad use to get down the canyon?
bright red
How are Nora’s fingernails?
bitten
Has Dad ever seen a mountain lion?
yes, but only from a safe distance
What poem does Nora use to calm herself and finish climbing down?
” Layers, layers, and layers./Smooth pale seams/upon rough spatters of rainbow red/upon pitted and pockmarked pink/upon vines of graph./Layers, layers, and layers
What haiku does Dad tell Nora?
“This canyon is small/ But it’s way way way bigger/ than shrimpy Nora”
What haiku does Nora tell Dad?
“Hypervigilance/ Dad won’t let me go to school/ He’s protecting me”
What does Nora do even though her Dad tells her not to?
read the news
How is Dad carried away by the black water?
lying on his back, floating on his backpack, hands folded over his chest
How does the water arrive and how does it leave?
Arrived like a tsunami, but leaves like bathwater trickling down a hair -clogged drain
What unhelpful, unhealthy place does Nora go to?
the place of what if
