WorksheetsTouching Spirit Bear Chapter 7-8
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Just before he opened his eyes and saw that the bear had reappeared, Cole had been...
trying to catch a fish from the stream with his bare hands
shaking his head back and forth in an effort to clear the anger and pressure from his mind
sleeping peacefully beside his fire
After the Spirit Bear's appearance, Cole made a spear from a sapling because he....
wanted to be able to protect himself from the bear
intended to kill the bear if it appeared again
needed it for hunting for food so he would not leave the island hungry
Drifting off to sleep, Cole thought that surviving on the island would have been.....
easy if he had wanted to stay
more difficult than he had expected
as cruel as being locked up in a cell.
Cole was not able to go back to sleep during the night after being awaken by
a loud shuffling and crackling from the grove trees
a low moaning noise from the ocean
an eerie stillness that made him wonder if the Spirit Bear was prowling about
Cole got the fish that he ate by
spearing it ina shallow pool at the edge of the stream
grabbing it s tail and throwing it onto the stream's sandy shore
taking it from some seagulls
Waiting a few days to leave the island until better weather returned was out of the question for Cole because...
Edwin and Garvey would have returned to check on him by then
he knew it was not safe to stay on the island with the Spirit Bear
he wasn't one to wait
When he again saw the Spirit Bear standing on the shoreline and staring at him, Cole grabbed the spear and the knife blade and....
ran into the woods behind him
hurried along the shoreline toward the animal
stood next to the fire ready to defend himself
Though Cole realized that there was no one around to see if he backed away from the bear, Cole was pushed forward by
the need to prove his courage to himself
a lifetime of hurt, anger, and proving himself
his disgust for the animal's obvious
Cole's attempt to kill the bear by throwing the spear with all his strength resulted in ..
the spear flying past the bear's shoulder when it crouched
Cole tripping over a large stone and striking his jaw on the ground
the bear deflecting Cole's weapon into the grass when it lunged
In trying to escape into the tees, Cole gripped the knife with his left hand and...
grabbed at some long stalks of Devil's Club with his right hand
used his right had to pound at the animal
threw stones and pebbles with his free hand
Which of the following was NOT one of the injuries Cole sustained during his ordeal with the Spirit Bear?
a cracked pelvis
a large gash in his scalp
a broken arm
The last thing the bear did before it turned away from Cole and wandered down the shoreline was to....
give a single hard shove on Cole's chest
stand on its hind legs over Cole and give a loud roaring growl
slash Cole's chest with one of its massive paws
From his resting place under the branches of a tree, Cole saw that the squawking gulls were fighting over
bits of his own flesh that the bear had ripped from his chest
the last pieces of the fish that he had been cooking over the fire
a helpless baby bird that had wandered into their midst
The mauling by the bear didn't make sense to Cole because...
he had not threatened to take the bear's food or harm cubs that might have been hidden in the trees
he hadn't shown fear when he approached the bear, and the had weapons
in the past, everything had always been afraid of him, and the bear should have run
Cole stuffed the tuft of white mated hair that he had ripped from the bear into his pants pocket because..
he hoped the scent from it would keep other predators away
it gave him a sense of power and he could prove he had fought a bear if he survived
he was testing to see how much use he had in his left arm
Which of the following was NOT one of Cole's thoughts when he observed the connected circle of landscape, air, tree, animals, water, and rain that lay around him?
He felt alone and apart
His place was being in control, and this was not his place
He wondered if this is what Garvey had meant when he talked about Circle Justice.
Cole had been haunted by nightmares of helplessness all his life
and now he was living his worst nightmare
but now he was surprised at how calm his mind was
and what was happening to him now was just another attempt to get rid of him but he wasn't giving in
Though he saw that the Bear's blood on his knife and Peter's Blood on the sidewalk looked identical, Cole thought...
his own blood looks different
Peter had definitely been easier to control than the Spirit Bear
Peter was a loser and a jerk, and the bear was a stupid moron
The violent vomiting that he could not stop cause Cole to
loose consciousness
cry in frustration
role from his resting place under the tree branches
Which of the following was not something that cold thought about hours later? He…
Have been a fool to come to the island instead of going to jail
would survive to kill the Spirit Bear, and then he would Escape as he had planned
wondered if being left alone to die on the island was how the world was going to get rid of him
