Touching Spirit Bear Test

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.

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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.

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Why are Edwin and Garvey helping Cole?

• They think the island is really pretty.

• They want redemption for bad things they have done in their lives. They were not able to help the people they hurt.

• They get paid a lot of money to help Cole.

• They want to witness the Spirit Bear, and they believe Cole will attract it because of his mauling incident.

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How did Cole become "invisible"?

• put ashes all over his body

• Cleared his mind

• hid behind a tree

• lay under bushes absolutely still

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When Peter was so mean and really did something to hurt Cole, how did Cole handle it?

• Just like the old Cole, he wanted to beat Peter up

• He retaliated by messing with Peter's things

• He tried to stay calm and he offered to go look for wood with Peter so Peter could make his own totem pole

• He told Peter he was on his own now and he would not help him

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What did Peter do while Cole and Garvey were gone?

• Carved a new Spirit Bear for Cole.

• Hacked up the mouse Cole had carved.

• Threw out all of Cole's things from the cabin.

• Made a fire and dinner

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What was Cole's response to what Peter had done at the end of chapter 27?

• Annoyed Peter had the gall to mess with Cole's totem.

• Ignored Peter since he had been so mean.

• Asked Peter if he could teach him how to carve like that.

• Told Garvey he wanted Peter to leave.

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Why doesn't Cole show Edwin the bear fur when Edwin doesn't think there was really a spirit bear?

• The bear fur is gone from his pants pocket.

• He doesn't need to prove anything to Edwin.

• He can't find the fur and Rosey doesn't know where it is.

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Garvey gives Cole a gift before he leaves the island. What is it, and what does Garvey say it can be used for?

• hunting knife; can be used to heal or destroy

• at.oow; can be used for warmth

• spear; can be used to fight the Spirit Bear

• hunting knife; can be used to fight the Spirit Bear

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In Ch. 21, what is the significance of Cole finding the driftwood log?

• It gives him a job that will take all day

• It allows the reader to see he still thinks about escaping the island

• It allows the reader to see that Cole is very creative

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