Indian Captive – Chapter 9

 

1. Why did Earth Woman scold Squirrel Woman and Shining Star? _________________________

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2. What were some of the remedies that Earth Woman tried? ____________________________

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3. Was her treatment successful? _________________________________________________
4. Why had the False Face Company come? __________________________________________
5. Why did Molly believe that Red Bird, Swift Water, and Little Turtle had come to Genesee Town?

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6. Why don’t the Indians put faces on their corn-husk dolls? _____________________________

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7. What spirit had come to inhabit the corn-husk baby? ________________________________
8. Why did Beaver Girl receive her name? ___________________________________________
9. Why didn’t the other women make their own cooking pots? ____________________________
10.  Number the steps taken to make a clay pot.

_____ The clay is beaten.

_____ The water in the clay dries.

_____ Earth Woman prays to Mother Earth for permission to remove the clay.

_____ The coils are rolled.

_____ The pots are fired.

_____ The clay is spread on the stone slab.

_____ The clay is mixed with clam shells or mica.

_____ The coils are formed into a pot.

_____ The clay is removed from the earth.

 

11. From whom did Molly gain the most knowledge? ______________________________________
12. What did every girl who is soon to be a woman need to learn? ___________________________
13. How do Molly’s feelings toward the mother bear and her cubs relate to her own life?

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                                                                                           © Ellen Gabor, 2006

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