Solar Storms #1, Prologue-Chapter 1
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Great-grandmother's name
Agnes
Who is the narrator?
Angela
What floats to Angela like a soft breeze through an open window?
The voice of her great-grandmother, Agnes
What is Bush doing at the beginning of the prologue?
Gathering firewood and adding it to the stove
Why does the Agnes think the house is crying?
There is condensation because it is cold outside and warm inside.
How does Agnes describe the house in the prologue?
Wooden, dark, spare, creaky floors
What is Bush using to brown the oxtails?
suet
Where did the oxen arrive from?
Flat fields of Kansas
What animals had Bush hunted?
Fish and rabbits
In the dream, where was the narrator fishing?
Lake Grand
Where was the frozen man left standing?
The back of the Spirit River
What is the name of the mother in the dream of the frozen lake?
Hannah Wing
Which tribe had stories about the frozen heart of evil?
The Cree
What are the three components of the frozen heart of evil?
Hunger, envy, greed
What does the frozen heart of evil trick people into?
Death, illness, insanity
How do you save a soul from the frozen heart of evil?
Thaw it
What two ingredients sweeten and fatten the corn into hominy?
Lye and ashes
What did older generations use to pack and heal wounds?
Eagle down
What day of the week was the feast?
Sunday
Who wore a miner's headlamp?
Jarrell Illinois
What is a woman's glory?
Her hair
How did the people think of Bush?
As a misplaced person
Who did Bush come to marry?
Harold, Agnes's son
Why did the people come to the banquet?
Mourning was their common ground
What kind of people lived on Fur Island and returned there each night?
The night-wind people
What three items did Agnes say they ate?
Moose meat, rice, and fish
What color dress did Frenchie wear?
Blue
Who is Agnes's mother?
Dora-Rouge
Who sent Angela back to her mother?
The county
What did Bush do to herself during the banquet?
She cut her hair
What four items of Angela's items were given to the diners?
Handmade blanket, t-shirt, shoes, and socks
What else did she give away?
Quilts, hawk feathers, carved fish decoys, fishing poles, rifle, silverware, what she was wearing
Who struggled to open the frozen door when it was time to leave?
John Husk
What was Bush arrested for?
Stealing beaver pelts from trespassing trappers
What was the most important thing the diners took away that night?
Bush's sorrow
What is singing at the end of the prologue?
Agnes's bear coat
How does Agnes remember the sky looking when she walked home after the banquet?
Like a bowl of milk
At what age did Angela return to Adam's Rib?
Seventeen
Which ferry did Angela take to return to Adam's Rib?
Tinselman's Ferry
Which trappers emptied the land of beaver and fox?
French
Tons of fur was traded at which post?
Old LeDoux
Besides the French, which other nationalities passed through this north?
British, Norwegians, and Swedes
Where did the old men who Bush took Hannah Wing to live?
The Hundred-Year-Old Road
What do the old people call Fur Island?
The navel of the world
Who is the woman in the canoe?
Bush
Who is Angela going to meet?
Agnes Iron
What is Angela's last name?
Angela Jensen
How are Angela and Agnes related?
Agnes is Angela's great-grandmother
How much money did Agnes send Angela?
Fifty-five dollars
What did the first sign Angela saw read?
Auto Parts, Boat Repairs
How many bags of belongings did Angela have?
Two
What is the name of the road they travelled to get to Agnes's house?
Poison Road
What rained along that road whent he French were there?
Tiny fish
Who originally built the weary houses on Poison Road?
Missionaries
What month is it during the first chapter?
September
What holds Agnes's glasses together?
A safety pin
What kind of brooch does Agnes wear?
A cheap, silver bear broach with a black stone for an eye
What is wrong with the right side of Angela's face?
It is scarred
What does Angela carry in her purse?
Money, makeup, and an unknown baby picture
Where did Angela grow up?
In foster homes
Why does Angela carry the baby picture?
She pretends it was her
Which foster home was Angela's favorite?
The yellow house in the middle of a dry prairie
Whose initials are tattooed on Angela's left arm?
Lonnie Faro
What is tattooed on one of Angela's knuckles?
An ink-blue cross
What is tattooed on Angela's thigh?
A cross
Which two things shaped and moved Angela?
Fear and anger
What color is the room of anger?
Fire-red
What did Angela tell herself she would not do before arriving at Adam's Rib?
Run away
What sits outside Agnes's front door?
A large, red-covered chair
What did the first women at Adam's Rib call themselves?
The Abandoned Ones
Which tribes to the Abandoned Ones represent?
Cree, Anishnabe, Fat-Eaters, Chickasaw
What is the name of the taxidermist?
LaRue Marks Time
Where did LaRue Marks Time live?
Old Fish Hook
Where did Rue recently return from?
Vietnam
What massacre is referenced in chapter one?
Wounded Knee
What do some people say the older inhabitants are keeping?
The Ghost Dance alive
Who rubs ice on his face and has a young wife?
Wiley
Who fished and hunted to provide for the elders?
Tommy Grove
How many languages does Tommy Grove speak?
Three
What year is it?
1972
What are chilblains?
Agnes's term for feeling cold all of the time
How is Dora-Rouge related to Angela?
Great-great-grandmother
What features does Angela have that make her resemble her mother?
Walnut skin and red hair
Who is Dora-Rouge's gone husband?
Luther
What animal is used as a comparison for Dora-Rouge's nose?
An owl
What name has Dora-Rouge for Angela?
The girl who would return
What items are on Dora-Rouge's table?
Antlers and a grass rope
What does Dora-Rouge hate?
When Agnes talks about her as if she wasn't there
Why is the bathroom sink stained red?
The iron-rich water
What is all that Angela has from her mother?
Her scars
What year was Hannah Wing born?
1939
What does John Husk bring in that evening?
Two large fish
How tall is John Husk?
Five-foot-five
How many winters did John Husk spend in the near-Arctic north?
Two
What was John Husk's main desire?
To prove the world was alive and that animals felt pain
What is Dora-Rouge's desire?
To return to the Fat-Eaters to die
Where did Angela live for most of her life?
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Why does John Husk squint?
He had snow blindness in 1929
When does Agnes believe Angela's story begins?
Around the time of the killing of the wolves
What allusion to the bible is made in chapter one?
Genesis