Studied by 13 people
June Kashpaw
long legged Chippewa woman aged but moved like a young person. She was attractive and made a living from the company of men. She was part of native American tribe = Chippewa
Williston, North Dakota
setting. it was also snowing outside
Gordie Kashpaw
June Kashpawâs divorced husband from the Chippewa reservation. They were originally cousins and had to run away to get married.
Andy
the man that June Kashpaw met at the bar while she was waiting for her bus, however, she decides to go to a party with him after getting a good vibe from him.
he was a mud engineer
peeled blue eggs
June imagined death by hose
King
June Kashpawâs son who gifted her vinyl jacket
June Kashpawâs uncle
Uncle Eli
type of wind June mentions at the end of part 1
chinook wind
narrator of part 2
albertine johnson
what did albertine read from her motherâs letter?
June, her aunt, was buried and her mother didnât want to bother her from her studies for the funeral
relationship between Albertine and June?
June is Albertineâs aunt
who was june raised by?
Uncle Eli when her father ran off to the city
what was june studying?
to be a beautician
who are the âboom trashâ that albertine describe?
the ones that bat around the state in big pickup trucks that are loaded with options and an indian american girl is an easy night
albertineâs motherâs name
Zelda
why was albertine mad at her mother zelda?
for not telling her sooner about her aunt juneâs death
Zeldaâs husband (1st)
Swede Johnson who is white and not from the reservation. He joined the army shortly after the marraige and went awol.
Zeldaâs new husband (2nd)
Bjornson who owns a solid wheat farm
who manages the main family house of Albertine?
her Aunt Aurelia
what religion does this family practice?
catholicism
name of the nun convent
Sacred Heart
Kingâs wife name
Lynette
Kingâs son name
King Junior
Grandma Kashpaw name
Marie
Grandpa Kashpaw name
Nector - memory is lost but is happy ( he even went to college)
Grandpa Kashpawâs motherâs name
Rushes Bear
termination policy
land lost its special Indian status under this policy
story that Aurelia and Zelda are hesitant to share from Grandma
trying to hang June in the backyard
Who is king going to go pick up in his new car?
Uncle Eli (but Zelda and Aurelia donât think he will come bc the care reminds him of June )
what was juneâs cause of death?
natural causes, so the insurance money went to king and he bought his new car with that money. thatâs why Uncle eli wonât go into it
what did king buy with the insurance money?
big pink gravestone and a new sports car
who is zelda referring to when she says âthat white girlâ
Lynette
King and Lynette relationship
Lynette seems to suffer from domestic abuse from King and her eyes are red and watery
why did Uncle Eli and Uncle Gordie not ride with King?
they didnât want to ride in a car that was bought with Juneâs insurance money
relationship between Uncle Eli and Grandpa Nector
brothers
when gordie came to the house what condition was he in?
drunk
what do zelda, Aurelia, and grandma marie want to see before it gets too dark?
Juneâs gravestone (pink that King had purchased)
Albertine is allowed to let Eli and Grandpa Nector eat anything except for ____
the pies which are saved for the next day
the last man at the reservation to snare himself a deer
Uncle Eli
Lipsha Morrissey
had been taken in by Grandma Marie and lived with the Kashpaws
shy
girl eyes
beat up by King when younger
what is the reason Lipsha and King never got along? in other words, the secret which only Albertine knew
they were half brothers : Lipsha was a son of June from one of the years she had left Gordie
what was written in blue-and-white patch on Kingâs hat?
âWorldâs Greatest Fishermanâ
what was Kingâs first catch?
skunk
how does gordie say to ask for a cigarette?
ciga swa
what does King do when Uncle Eli tells him that he had once caught a 14 inch trout?
King gives his cap of âWorldâs Greatest Fishermanâ to Uncle Eli
where is Lynette from?
she is full blooded Norwegian but doesnât know her family
while gordie telling a joke, what does Albertine hear?
King and Lynette cursing and yelling to give the keys as Lynette was locked in the car
the firebird
name for Kingâs sports car
who does lipsha consider as his mother?
grandma kashpaw
why does lipsha hate his mother?
lipsha knows that his mother June wanted to drown him as a child
what do Albertine and Lipsha hear suddenly when they wake?
clanging of metal and pots tumbling in the house
gordie was gone
eli was gone
what did albertine and lipsha find when they run up the hill?
King was trying to drown Lynette in the sink
What did Albertine do to stop King from drowning Lynette?
She jumped on his back and bit his ear
what is albertine trying to replace at the end of the chapter?
the pies that king had destroyed
Why were there blue and pink eggs in the bar?
It was Easter
What was Albertine studying?
Nursing
name of the native american tribe
Chippewa
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