Brian’s Winter Chapters 10-12 – Flashcards
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On page 80, there is a great weight on Brian. What is that weight?
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the dead moose
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On page 83, Brian says that the moose is a house of meat. What does he mean?
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it is a large supply of meat
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How long did it rain?
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8 days
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How did Brian describe the snow?
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small and hard at first, driven needles that seemed to cut his cheek and then changing to blown finer snow
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What clothing did he make in this chapter?
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He made a shirt (or coat) from the moose hide
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What was he wondering at the end of chapter 11?
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Brian wondered if this as all winter would be- eating meat and rubbing hide and waiting for the next rain to turn to snow.
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Why could Brian no longer fish?
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Brian could no longer fish because the ice on the lake was too thick to chop through with the hatchet.
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Why did Brian choose the hump of the moose to eat for his Thanksgiving meal?
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It was the best meat.
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On page 93, what did Brian learn from the rabbit?
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Brian learned that the fur on the bottom of the rabbit's feet grew longer in the winter, making their feet bigger and enabling them to move along the top of the snow and not sink in.
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On page 94, Brian talks about some things that he wants. What does he want more than anything?
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Brian wants to be back in the world more than anything.
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What did Brian give thanks for?
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Brian gives thanks for escaping from the plane alive, for being able to live and learn and know things, for being able to hunt, for the animals' lives that had been spent to keep him fed, his shelter and knife.
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What was he the most thankful for?
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the hatchet
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On the last page of chapter 12, what did Brian think he heard>
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gunshots
