Touching Spirit Bear Chapter Two

How does Cole pay for supplies to build a new shelter on the island?

• Cole holds a bake sale.

• Cole sells many of his belongings

• Garvey and Edwin give Cole supplies.

• Cole's parents paid Edwin to build the shelter.

According to Garvey, how is all of life like a hotdog?

• Life can be difficult, just as cutting a hotdog into three pieces is.

• Sharing with others is caring about others.

• Life is round like a hotdog. Whatever actions you make will come back to you.

• Life is what you put into it; it can be a simple meal or a celebration.

Edwin carries a stick into the water. What lesson does he teach Cole?

• You can never fully get rid of your anger. You will always have your anger with you, but you have to learn to control it.

• Life can be bumpy, but the more you hang on, the more you grow.

• Edwin threw the stick to show Cole that he would not survive another attempted escape.

What did Cole learn from the whale dance?

• Whales eat a lot of food.

• Whales can measure up to 100 feet long and could injure him if he tried to escape.

• Whales depend on others to survive.

• Whales migrate and do not have a home.

What does rolling the rock up and down the hill represent?

• Carrying the rock to the top of the hill represents building anger of Cole and his ancestors. Rolling the rock down the hill represents releasing anger.

• Edwin was just crazy. There was no meaning to it.

• Life is like a rock on a hill. There are ups and downs.

What are the two ways Edwin says people can change?

• Slow, tiny pushes or one traumatic event

• For the better or the worst

• With help or without help

• Now or never

What does Edwin say Cole is supposed to imagine as he rolls the ancestor rock down the hill?

• The days on the island passing by

• Everyone he doesn't like

• All his past failures leaving him

• His anger rolling away

When Cole saw the spirit bear, what did he feel he became a part of?

• Society

• the circle of forgiveness

• the landscape around him

• a family

What else does Cole consider doing with the log he finds besides making a totem?

• using it for firewood

• Making it into a shelter

• Making it into a chair

• Making it into a canoe

Edwin put the spark plugs back in the boat two days before he and Garvey left. What does this indicate?

• Edwin is having problems with the boat motor

• Edwin wants to provide Cole with a way to escape the island

• Edwin is planning to spy on Cole to see if he tries to excape

• Edwin is starting to trust Cole