Touching Spirit Bear Chapters 14-15

When he left the hospital after six months,

• Cole was handcuffed at the guard’s insistence

• Cole walked beside Garvey, and his mother followed behind with the guard

• Cole was happy to be going back to the detention center

Cole’s father had been arrested and charged with child abuse because

• Cole’s mother had agreed to press charges and testify

• Cole’s testimony at the Circle Meeting had led the Minneapolis police department to launch an investigation

• Garvey had insisted that child protective services get involved in Cole’s case.

The Spirit Bears attack left Cole's right arm permanently lame and he 

• would probably need more surgery

• would need to exercise his body or be crippled

• never be without physical pain

Garvey predicted that when it met again on Cole's behalf, the Justice Circle would probably

• send his case back to the court system

• recommend release because of what happened on the island

• begin searching for a different location for Cole's banishment

Cole hoped to go back to the island someday to

• face his fear and anger

• prove to himself that he could survive

• see the Spirit Bear again

Cole understood that the spirit bear had attacked him to protect itself, but his dad whipped him because he

• was ashamed of him

• wanted him to be tough and able to survive in a harsh world

• was mad

Which of the following was NOT something Cole's mother told him during her visits to the Detention Center?

• She had stopped drinking

• his father had been beaten by his parents and it was all he ever knew

• his father had moved to another state

At the Circle meeting, Cole explained that he had destroyed his opportunities on the island because he had been

• terrified

• mad

• unprepared

The surprise visitor at the Circle meeting was

• Cole's father

• Rosey and a Tlingit fisherman

• Edwin

The Justice Circle had difficulty believing that Cole had changed, and they thought it was time to send Cole

• back to the Island, this time for 6 weeks

• into foster care

• back to the courts