Solar Storms #3, Chapters 5-7

After the storm moves in, who began to wonder how Hannah had survived?

Angela

Angela wondered what her mother thought of Fur Island with its...

island of spiders, fish leaping out of the lake, plaintive cries of loon and wolf, storms that moved in so quickly

How do the old people say our lives are witnessed?

By the birds, dragonflies, trees, and spiders

Who believed everything was alive?

The people at Adam's Rib

Dora-Rouge described the world as a...

dense soup of love

What do the shadows light throws down have?

Meaning, stories, depth, and were filled with whatever had walked there

Who believes that even tools, fishhooks, and the ball-peen hammer are alive?

John Husk

Who sees the earth as a seed with some great life stored inside?

Angela

At the beginning of Chapter 6, what does Angela say is alive on Fur Island?

The stinging nettles, the snails, the stone, and the tree wich folded its leaves when touched by human hands

The division between humans and animals was...

False

When humans forget to respect the bond between humans and animals, who takes away their luck in hunting?

Wolverine

Who does Bush say this affects?

LaRue

At the beginning of Chapter 6, why does LaRue show up to see Angela?

To take her on the long-ago promised fishing trip

How does Angela feel about LaRue taking so long to take her on the trip?

Perturbed

What does LaRue do when he sees Bush in the garden?

Smiles, ogles her, and walks straight into a branch

What type of body of water do Angela and LaRue go to for fishing?

A cove

What color shirt is Angela wearing to go fishing?

Red

What is ironic about the fishing trip?

LaRue is supposed to be the expert, but Angela is the one who catches the fish

What fish did Angela catch?

Two northern pike

Why does LaRue think the fish are not in pain?

They don't have nervous systems

Which character does LaRue mention when describing Angela's sensitivity to the pain of the fish?

Bambi

Angela feels that LaRue has offended...

the spirits of the fish

During the storm, why does Angela try to stay away from LaRue?

She believes that the lightning is looking to strike him for his offense against the fish

What does Bush say there are consequences for?

Human sins

How do some people describe Wolverine?

A human gone wild

What are the physical characteristics of Wolverine?

Dark animal, large-jawed, strong teeth, terrible smell

According to Bush, LaRue does not know the proper way to approach...

animals, fish, and women

What does Bush feed the beaver she is putting together?

A pinch of ground bark

After the fishing trip with LaRue, what does Angela vow?

To never fish again

Even on warm days, Angela still feels...

a chill

What does Angela keep inside her purse?

A tiny, smudged mirror

What happens to the mirror?

Angela accidentally breaks it

What does Angela begin to "read" about people?

She looks in their eyes to see what kind of souls they had

Bush's soul is as strong as...

hardwood

Frenchie's soul is...

sad and masked

To which bird does Angela compare herself when she says she can even see the fish on the bottom?

A heron

What gift does Angela have?

She could see to the bottom of things

Why does Angela decide to fish again?

She goes with Bush, and they respect their catches' lives and their deaths

What is the woman in the white-walled cave doing in Angela's dream?

Sewing together pieces of humans

What does Bush say she would do if we rebuilt human beings?

They would be love-filled, the way they were meant to be all along

What is creating the music on the island?

The old organ pipes

What had the immigrants believed about the wilderness?

It was full of demons that only their god could drive away

What does Bush call the people that destroy all that can save them?

The reverse people

What does Dora-Rouge say the reverse people invented?

They were the ones who invented Hell

What does Angela say is hell to them?

Cleared forests and killed animals

Why was there a massacre at Adam's Rib?

The native people declared war on the newcomers because of a misunderstanding about a shipment of stovepipes

Who had ordered that the organ pipes be hidden on Fur Island?

The bishop

Whe men who unloaded the organ pipes thought their god led them to what?

The copper

Why did the old man trick the men with his map to the copper?

To rid his people of the outsiders who dreamed of wealth, who wanted to turn copper into gold

What are the colors of the four directions?

Red, black, white, and yellow

What color is Fur Island?

Gold, the world of yellow light, pale copper, sun, and corn

According to Dora-Rouge, what two items were passed won from generation to generation?

Corn and amber

Where di the corn that grew on Fur Island originate?

South America

Who received the corn when they had navigated their way around the tip of the southern world?

One of the Fat-Eaters

What did the Fat-Eaters mainly eat?

Meat and fat

As a girl, who was the keeper of the corn?

Dora-Rouge

How was the corn stored?

In large, dry leaves, the likes of which no one in the north had ever seen

Where was the corn hidden and protected after the Fat-eaters were confined by the government?

Beneath the dark floorboards of their houses in little clay holes

How did Bush get the corn?

Dora-Rouge gave her a little handful of the corn mothers

How long is the growing season on Fur Island?

Ninety-four days

What vegetables does Bush carefully tend, according to Chapter 6?

Pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, and corn

Why does Angela think the corn is so sweet on Fur Island?

It is the infused with the healing milk the bishop had dynamited

Where do you feel change?

In the body, stomach, and heart

Who said we are cocoons who consume our own bodies and at death we fly away transfomed and beautiful?

Dora-Rouge

What does Bush wear when canoeing to the mainland?

A dress and her shoes slung over her shoulder

Who taught Bush how to paddle the canoe?

John Husk and some of the older men who now lived along the Hundred-Year-Old Road

Who is described as the water element, according to Angela?

Bush

Who is described as the air element, according to Angela?

Angela

In Chapter 6, who is Angela happy to see again at Tinselman's Store?

Tommy

What was Bush purchasing at Tinselman's?

Canned ham and a bag of flour

On television, who makes people swallow with guilt when she has their number?

Barbara Walters

What products does Angela say sounded like love?

Pet Milk, hooks, lines, sinkers

Why is Angela nervous around the older people?

She thinks they know things about her

Later Angela discovers that walking along what road makes her feel calm?

The Hundred-Year-Old Road

Who logged the once forest at Adam's Rib?

Tough, bristling, blond-headed men with large hands

What did the woods that were logged become?

Toothpicks, matches, the whirling sands that blow where forests no longer stand

What is so dark that crow wings could have been in them?

Tommy's eyes

Why does Angela blush when she enters Agnes's house?

Agnes said, "You're filling out" in front of Tommy

How has Agnes changed since the last time Angela saw her?

Her clothes had grown too larger for her

What is wrong with Dora-Rouge's new teeth?

They are overly-white

Which movie did Tony Curtis star in?

The Great Race

What does Dora-Rouge call Tommy?

The hunk

What does Angela think might be inside Dora-Rouge's mind?

Old clothing, furniture from the past, the memory of forests and wolves, and Luther's first kiss

What does John Husk read in his magazine?

Insects are intelligent

What has Agnes neglected to do that autumn?

Turn the garden and pull the weeds

Where did the weeds originate from?

France and Britain

What did Agnes lose, then find later in the bath, according to Dora-Rouge?

The teakettle

What beverage do they drink at Agnes's?

Watkins Kool-Aod

What does Dora-Rouge compare to the lotion that Angela applies to her bony back?

Bear fat

What does Angela decide to learn even though it is cold?

How to swim

What animal does Bush advise Angela to think like when she keeps sinking in the water?

A turtle

Why does Bush get quiet, nervous, and edgy sometimes?

She is thinking about the dams and the northern people

Which animals lost its summer fur and went white when preparing for winter?

The snowshoe hare

What does John Husk call the rusting that happens?

The slow fire of oxidation

What binds the three women and Angela?

Blood, history, love, and hate

What red fruits did Bush and Angela can in preparation for winter?

Peaches, apricots, tomatoes

Why does Bush feed the animals she is reconstructing?

She is feeding their spirits

What does hse feed the small wolverine?

A pinch of cornmeal and fat

Who is a fierce mother, according to Bush?

Wolverine

According to Chapter 6, what were the first man and woman created from?

Clay