Solar Storms Prologue-Chapter 1 Flashcards
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What is the great-grandmother's name?

Agnes

Who is the narrator?

Angela

What floats to Angela like a soft breeze through an open window?

The voice of her great-grandmother, Agnes

What is Bush doing at the beginning of the prologue?

<p>Gathering firewood and adding it to the stove</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does Agnes think the house is crying?

<p>There is condensation because it is cold outside and warm inside.</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does Agnes describe the house in the prologue?

<p>Wooden, dark, spare, creaky floors</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Bush using to brown the oxtails?

<p>Suet</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did the oxen arrive from?

<p>Flat fields of Kansas</p> Signup and view all the answers

What animals had Bush hunted?

<p>Fish and rabbits</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the dream, where was the narrator fishing?

<p>Lake Grand</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where was the frozen man left standing?

<p>The back of the Spirit River</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the mother in the dream of the frozen lake?

<p>Hannah Wing</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tribe had stories about the frozen heart of evil?

<p>The Cree</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three components of the frozen heart of evil?

<p>Hunger, envy, greed</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the frozen heart of evil trick people into?

<p>Death, illness, insanity</p> Signup and view all the answers

How do you save a soul from the frozen heart of evil?

<p>Thaw it</p> Signup and view all the answers

What two ingredients sweeten and fatten the corn into hominy?

<p>Lye and ashes</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did older generations use to pack and heal wounds?

<p>Eagle down</p> Signup and view all the answers

What day of the week was the feast?

<p>Sunday</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who wore a miner's headlamp?

<p>Jarrell Illinois</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a woman's glory?

<p>Her hair</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did the people think of Bush?

<p>As a misplaced person</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who did Bush come to marry?

<p>Harold, Agnes's son</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why did the people come to the banquet?

<p>Mourning was their common ground</p> Signup and view all the answers

What kind of people lived on Fur Island and returned there each night?

<p>The night-wind people</p> Signup and view all the answers

What three items did Agnes say they ate?

<p>Moose meat, rice, and fish</p> Signup and view all the answers

What color dress did Frenchie wear?

<p>Blue</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is Agnes's mother?

<p>Dora-Rouge</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who sent Angela back to her mother?

<p>The county</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Bush do to herself during the banquet?

<p>She cut her hair</p> Signup and view all the answers

What four items of Angela's were given to the diners?

<p>Handmade blanket, t-shirt, shoes, and socks</p> Signup and view all the answers

What else did she give away?

<p>Quilts, hawk feathers, carved fish decoys, fishing poles, rifle, silverware, what she was wearing</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who struggled to open the frozen door when it was time to leave?

<p>John Husk</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was Bush arrested for?

<p>Stealing beaver pelts from trespassing trappers</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was the most important thing the diners took away that night?

<p>Bush's sorrow</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is singing at the end of the prologue?

<p>Agnes's bear coat</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does Agnes remember the sky looking when she walked home after the banquet?

<p>Like a bowl of milk</p> Signup and view all the answers

At what age did Angela return to Adam's Rib?

<p>Seventeen</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which ferry did Angela take to return to Adam's Rib?

<p>Tinselman's Ferry</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which trappers emptied the land of beaver and fox?

<p>French</p> Signup and view all the answers

Tons of fur was traded at which post?

<p>Old LeDoux</p> Signup and view all the answers

Besides the French, which other nationalities passed through this north?

<p>British, Norwegians, and Swedes</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did the old men who Bush took Hannah Wing to live?

<p>The Hundred-Year-Old Road</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do the old people call Fur Island?

<p>The navel of the world</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is the woman in the canoe?

<p>Bush</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is Angela going to meet?

<p>Agnes Iron</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Angela's last name?

<p>Angela Jensen</p> Signup and view all the answers

How are Angela and Agnes related?

<p>Agnes is Angela's great-grandmother</p> Signup and view all the answers

How much money did Agnes send Angela?

<p>Fifty-five dollars</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the first sign Angela saw read?

<p>Auto Parts, Boat Repairs</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many bags of belongings did Angela have?

<p>Two</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the road they traveled to get to Agnes's house?

<p>Poison Road</p> Signup and view all the answers

What rained along that road when the French were there?

<p>Tiny fish</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who originally built the weary houses on Poison Road?

<p>Missionaries</p> Signup and view all the answers

What month is it during the first chapter?

<p>September</p> Signup and view all the answers

What holds Agnes's glasses together?

<p>A safety pin</p> Signup and view all the answers

What kind of brooch does Agnes wear?

<p>A cheap, silver bear brooch with a black stone for an eye</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is wrong with the right side of Angela's face?

<p>It is scarred</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Angela carry in her purse?

<p>Money, makeup, and an unknown baby picture</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did Angela grow up?

<p>In foster homes</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does Angela carry the baby picture?

<p>She pretends it was hers</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which foster home was Angela's favorite?

<p>The yellow house in the middle of a dry prairie</p> Signup and view all the answers

Whose initials are tattooed on Angela's left arm?

<p>Lonnie Faro</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is tattooed on one of Angela's knuckles?

<p>An ink-blue cross</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is tattooed on Angela's thigh?

<p>A cross</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which two things shaped and moved Angela?

<p>Fear and anger</p> Signup and view all the answers

What color is the room of anger?

<p>Fire-red</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Angela tell herself she would not do before arriving at Adam's Rib?

<p>Run away</p> Signup and view all the answers

What sits outside Agnes's front door?

<p>A large, red-covered chair</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did the first women at Adam's Rib call themselves?

<p>The Abandoned Ones</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which tribes do the Abandoned Ones represent?

<p>Cree, Anishnabe, Fat-Eaters, Chickasaw</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the taxidermist?

<p>LaRue Marks Time</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did LaRue Marks Time live?

<p>Old Fish Hook</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did Rue recently return from?

<p>Vietnam</p> Signup and view all the answers

What massacre is referenced in chapter one?

<p>Wounded Knee</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do some people say the older inhabitants are keeping?

<p>The Ghost Dance alive</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who rubs ice on his face and has a young wife?

<p>Wiley</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who fished and hunted to provide for the elders?

<p>Tommy Grove</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many languages does Tommy Grove speak?

<p>Three</p> Signup and view all the answers

What year is it?

<p>1972</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are chilblains?

<p>Agnes's term for feeling cold all of the time</p> Signup and view all the answers

How is Dora-Rouge related to Angela?

<p>Great-great-grandmother</p> Signup and view all the answers

What features does Angela have that make her resemble her mother?

<p>Walnut skin and red hair</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who is Dora-Rouge's gone husband?

<p>Luther</p> Signup and view all the answers

What animal is used as a comparison for Dora-Rouge's nose?

<p>An owl</p> Signup and view all the answers

What name has Dora-Rouge for Angela?

<p>The girl who would return</p> Signup and view all the answers

What items are on Dora-Rouge's table?

<p>Antlers and a grass rope</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Dora-Rouge hate?

<p>When Agnes talks about her as if she wasn't there</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is the bathroom sink stained red?

<p>The iron-rich water</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is all that Angela has from her mother?

<p>Her scars</p> Signup and view all the answers

What year was Hannah Wing born?

<p>1939</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does John Husk bring in that evening?

<p>Two large fish</p> Signup and view all the answers

How tall is John Husk?

<p>Five-foot-five</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many winters did John Husk spend in the near-Arctic north?

<p>Two</p> Signup and view all the answers

What was John Husk's main desire?

<p>To prove the world was alive and that animals felt pain</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is Dora-Rouge's desire?

<p>To return to the Fat-Eaters to die</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where did Angela live for most of her life?

<p>Tulsa, Oklahoma</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why does John Husk squint?

<p>He had snow blindness in 1929</p> Signup and view all the answers

When does Agnes believe Angela's story begins?

<p>Around the time of the killing of the wolves</p> Signup and view all the answers

What allusion to the Bible is made in chapter one?

<p>Genesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

Study Notes

Key Characters

  • Angela is the narrator of the story.
  • Agnes is Angela's great-grandmother, providing a voice that resonates with Angela.
  • Bush is a character involved in gathering firewood and preparing meals, including oxtails.
  • Hannah Wing is featured in a dream experienced by Angela and is significant to the frozen lake narrative.

Significant Themes

  • The Frozen Heart of Evil is represented by hunger, envy, and greed, impacting individuals with death, illness, and insanity.
  • Indigenous Elements: The Cree tribe contributes stories about the frozen heart, illustrating cultural beliefs about evil and its consequences.

Important Events and Symbols

  • A banquet is held, bringing together the community in mourning.
  • Angela’s return: She returns to Adam's Rib at age seventeen, symbolizing a reconnection with her past.
  • Bush’s actions during the banquet reveal themes of sacrifice as she cuts her hair and gives away personal belongings.

Cultural References and Settings

  • Fur Island is known as "the navel of the world" by the old people, highlighting its cultural significance.
  • The year is 1972, setting the time frame for the narrative.
  • The mention of Wounded Knee reflects historical injustices faced by Native American tribes.

Character Connections

  • Dora-Rouge is Angela's great-great-grandmother, underlining a lineage of women with strong identities.
  • Angela’s scars symbolize her difficult upbringing in foster homes, particularly in relation to her mother.

Key Objects and Symbols

  • Agnes's bear coat symbolizes heritage and connection to family, “singing” at the end of the prologue.
  • A large, red-covered chair sits outside Agnes’s front door, representing home and stability.
  • Angela’s carry items like a baby picture, which she uses to cope with her past.

Descriptions and Settings

  • The house is characterized as wooden, dark, and having creaky floors, indicating a stark and haunting atmosphere.
  • Poison Road leads to Agnes's house, adding a layer of foreboding and history associated with the travel route.

Personal Traits and Changes

  • Angela has facial scars and various tattoos, marking her past experiences and emotional struggles.
  • LaRue Marks Time is a taxidermist involved in the community, representing a link to tradition and survival.

Food and Rituals

  • Food is an integral part of the community's identity, with items like moose meat, rice, and fish being staples.
  • Chilblains is a term used by Agnes, emphasizing the harshness of their living conditions and constant cold.

Evolution of Characters

  • John Husk, a key figure, demonstrates resilience and curiosity, having faced snow blindness and spending winters in the near-Arctic.
  • Tommy Grove contributes to the nourishment of the elders, showing community and responsibility towards older generations.

Miscellaneous

  • Reference to Genesis connects the story to biblical themes of creation and moral lessons, reflecting deeper meanings within the narrative.
  • Characters carry personal burdens, like Bush’s arrest for theft, intertwining their fates with natural and societal challenges.

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