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Pg 79: One of us pecks near were Chanie slept, roots out bits of green in the brown, eyes and

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Q :  Why did his two friends touche Chanie's other arm?
A : They wanted to tell him to not go back to where they ran from.

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nimiseyag: sister
nimishomis: grand-father
amik: beaver

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Pg64: Ash snow and it's cold is coming from that way, and maybe it is sent to me from theachers at the school, from the men of the color of a fish belly who hunt me to take me back.(Boyden) This quote explains how Chanie feels about residential school because it is hauting him, but he will never go back.

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-Uncle Kelly kills a small fish.  He thanks the manitou of the fish, and he feeds his family with it.
-Chanie and the Kelly daughter stare at each other and then fall asleep
-Chanie has a nighmare about the Fish Belly men coming to take the daughter.
-Chanie looks at his map and tries to understand which way to go home
-Next morning, Uncle takes the 2 boys to his trapline in search of food.  He leaves Chanie behind.
-Chanie goes into the woods to cry.
-Chanie gives the mouse skull to the daughter as a gift.
-Chanie decides to secretly follow the Uncle and the 2 brothers
-BOTH Aunt and Uncle Kelly tell Chanie to go back to the school.

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Q: What movement did Uncle Kelly make to tell Chanie to go back to the residential school?
A:  He told Chanie how to get back to the train tracks and then he lifted Chanie's right arm to remind him to turn right.

Q:  What  gesture did  Jackie and Ralph make to tell Chanie to keep walking and to never return to that school?
A: They walked past Chanie and brushed his left arm, which was a sign to turn left at the tracks and continue walking home.

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pg. ___"She can see something in him, she thinks.  Someone hurt him real bad.  Ever bad they hurt him.  So bad that it is stuck inside him and he's so scared of it but more scared to let it out... She dares him with her dark eyes to tell her why it hurts."
(Boyden)
This quote shows that the Kelly daughter can see inside Chanie's soul and she can see the abuse he experienced at the residential school.

Pg. 44 "You job is to send the stranger way, the uncle says. Someone broke something in him. We don't have the tools to fix it" (Boyden). This quote explains one reason why the Kellys rejected Chanie.

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Giigoo = fish
Waawaabigonoojii = mouse
Asabikeshii= spider
Migwetch = thank you
Nindede = father
wood tick = bug that drinks bloo

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Amber : a yellow or yellowish-brown hard translucent fossil
Pickerel : any of several small species of pike
Gulped : to gasp or choke, as when taking large drafts of a liquid.
Dorsal : of, relating to, or situated at the back.
Yanks : to pull or remove abruptly and vigorously:

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pg : 37 : " ...and wonders how many more children  the forest will  birth." (Boyden) It means that Chanie's uncle wondered if there was any more young children following the tree boys, because he was surprised to see 3 boys running away from residential school and thought there could be more trying.

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-The boys arrived to the uncle's cabin.
-Chanie will leave the cabin alone, because the uncle can't feed every single one of them and take care of them all.

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Q: What is the manitou's  gift to the uncle and his new visitors?
A: He gives them the pike he was into for them to eat while they ae almost dying from hunger.

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Pg 30: " Today is okay. Today they will be no shcool. " (Boyden) It means that the boys are still not planning of going back to the residential school and that even if it's tough, they aren't it the horror of these shcools.

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Giizis :
Pebble :
Azzaadi :

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-The three boys wake up.
-The two brothers aren't friendly with Chanie.
-Chanie found the mouse skull that the owl left there.

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Q: Why are the brothers mad at Chanie?
A: They were ashamed that Chanie curled  up with them during the night to get some heat, because it reminded them of the abuse of the residential school.
Q: What is Chanie's special gift of forgiveness for Ralph and Jackie.

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Chew:
Gnaw
Twitching:
To move jerkily or spasmodically.
Beaks:
external anatomical structure of birds which is used for eating and for grooming, manipulating objects, killing prey,fighting, probing for food, courtship and feeding young.

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-The manitous  in the form of an owl are watching them.
-They think that the three boys ae special and that they will survive.

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Q :  Why do the manitou watch  the  tree kids?
A :  They look after them because they want to capture Charlie's life.

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"We all say the same thing without saying it out loud." (Boyden) : This quote means they all feel the same way about what they are living, but not saying it out loud.

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-It is getting cold and CW and his friends  are wondering if they should go back to the residential school.
- They find a match and go to sleep.
-A manitou in the form of an owl is watching them.
-They wake up.

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Q : Why did Chanie and his friends huddle?
A : They huddle for heat.
Q : Why did he lie to his friends by teling them he saw  a hummingird and not an Owl?
A : Chanie didn't want to scared his friend so he decided to not tell them

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Twigs:
Small branch
Nin giik aj:
Cold
Giizis:
Moon

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poplar : tree (peuplier)
tuberculosis: disease
phlegm: something coming from down the throat.

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-CW sneak away from town without being seen

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Pg 8:"How do we know this, you ask? We watched them." (Boyden) This quote means that the manitous watch the kids from the residential school.

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Q: What happens to the kids that get caught running away from the residential schools?
A: They've been captured and returned and beaten.

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-CW arrived at the school 2 years ago.
-CW is 9 years old, but still in grade 1.
-Many students ran away from the school last week

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Q:  How do the fish bellies react when someone speaks the Ojibuay langauge?
A:  They beat them with a stick and make them eat soap.

Q:  According to CW, what do the teachers smell like?
A:  They smell like the color yellow or brown.

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Pg 1:  "He has a room in the basement that scares the life from us" (J.Boyden) This quote is about the abuse at the residential school.

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Gimik-wenden-ina:   Ojibuay... it means  ???
Nindede:  Ojibuay language for Dad.
Nimaamaa:
Lose my tongue = lose my language