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By: Jean Craighead George
 

Chapter Questions

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Part 1 Amaroq, the wolf

1.  Why is Miyax alone on the tundra?

2.  What is Miyax's intended destination when she leaves Daniel?

3.  Why is Miyax lost?

4.  Why is it important that Miyax's father had told her about his talking to the wolves?

5.  What names does Miyax give to the wolves in the pack?

6.  Why is Miyax trying to communicate with the leader of the wolf pack?

7.  How does Amaroq react to Miyax when he first meets her?

8.  How does Miyax acknowledge the leadership of Amaroq?

9.  What does Miyax consider to be the sign of "man" to the wild animals of the arctic?

10.  What does Miyax discover is the secret as to why the pups are so fat?

11.  What kind of partnership does Miyax forge with Kapu?

12.  How does Miyax finally get some meat to eat?

13.  What does Miyax use for fuel for her cooking pot?

14.  What does Miyax see that is an indication to her that autumn, the snows, and the white-outs are coming?

15.  What part of the dead animal does Miyax consider to be the "nuts and candy" of the Arctic?

16.  What does Amaroq do to show his acceptance of Miyax?

17.  What does Miyax use as a refrigerator?

18.  What food does Miyax share with Kapu that cements their friendship?

19.  How does Miyax assert her authority over Jello?

20.  What kind of treatment does Jello receive from the other wolves in the pack that indicates to Miyax that he is "low man on the totem pole"?

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Part II Miyax, the girl

21.  Why does Kapugen take Miyax to the seal camp?

22.  How long does Miyax stay at the seal camp with her father?

23.  Why does Miyax have to leave the camp?

24.  What helps Miyax remember the many different things and celebrations at the seal camp?

25.  What is Miyax's English name?

26.  What name does Miyax prefer?  WHY?

27.  What important advice does Kapugen give to Miyax before she leaves the seal camp?

28.  Where does Miyax go when she leaves the seal camp?

29.  What are Martha and Miyax told about Kapugen "when the air was cold and the puddles around the house were solid ice"? 

30.  What are some things that cause the transformation of Miyax into Julie?

31.  What does Mr. Pollock request of Julie on behalf of his daughter?

32.  Why does Julie become dissatisfied with her life?

33.  What news does the head of Indian Affairs in Mekoryuk bring to Julie when she is thirteen?

34.  What does Julie hope that the arrangement between Kapugen and Naka will enable her to do for her education?

35.  What does Julie learn about Daniel when she arrives at Barrow?

36.  What significance happens on the day after Julie's arrival in Barrow?

37.  Who is Pearl and how does she help Julie?

38.  How do Naka and Nusan affect Julie's life in Barrow?

39.  Why does Julie decide to leave Barrow?

40.  What is Julie's ultimate destination?  WHY?

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Part III Kapugen, the hunter

41.  What happens to Miyax's icebox while she is at the wolf den?

42.  What creature takes Miyax's food?

43.  What additional damage is done by the creature?

44.  How does Miyax handle the situation?

45.  After the wolves leave the den, what does Miyax decide to do?

46.  As she travels, what sensation does Miyax feel?

47.  What is missing from the wolf pack concert that Miyax hears Amaroq and the others sing?

48.  What does Jello take from Miyax?

49.  How does Amaroq prove that he is Miyax's adopted father?

50.  How does Miyax feel after she retrieves her backpack?

51.  What does Kapu bring to Miyax?  What is the reason Miyax gives for Kapu bringing this gift?

52.  What does Miyax create to make her journey easier in the snow?

53.  How does the wolf pack protect Miyax from the grizzly?

54.  Of what does Miyax feel she must warn the wolves?

55.  What kind of bird seeks shelter with Miyax and becomes her traveling companion?

56.  What is the final fate of Amaroq, the wolf?

57.  Why does the death of Amaroq seem to highlight the conflict between traditional Eskimo and American ways to Miyax?

58.  How does Miyax administer to Kapu's wound?

59.  How does Kapu become the leader of the pack when he is not with the wolves?

60.  How does Kapu change when he becomes the leader of the pack?

61.  What does Miyax do after Kapu returns to the pack?

62.  What decision does Miyax make when she gets closer and closer to a populated area?

63.  Who are Alice and Roland?  How do they change Miyax's life?

64.  How has Kapugen's life changed since he left the seal camp?

65.  Why do you think Miyax leaves her father's home?

66.  Where does Miyax go after she leaves her father's home?

67.  What happens to Tornait?

68.  Why do you think Miyax points "her boots toward Kapugen" after burying Tornait in the snow?

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