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Questions and Answers
What is the mindset imposed by the Whitemen towards the Japanese?
What is the mindset imposed by the Whitemen towards the Japanese?
- They are dehumanized (correct)
- They are treated as equals
- They are seen as human beings
- They are respected
What does Coyote think about his job?
What does Coyote think about his job?
- He thinks it is unimportant
- He thinks it is the most important job in the world (correct)
- He thinks it is a job that requires special skills
- He thinks it is a job that anyone can do
What does the narrator believe about the Enemy Aliens?
What does the narrator believe about the Enemy Aliens?
- They are not important
- They are better than him
- They are just like him (correct)
- They are not human
What does King want us to do?
What does King want us to do?
Who is the key individual in Native American culture who stole fire from the 'Fire Beings' and shared it with the rest of the world?
Who is the key individual in Native American culture who stole fire from the 'Fire Beings' and shared it with the rest of the world?
What does Thomas King's story, 'Coyote and the Enemy Aliens', connect?
What does Thomas King's story, 'Coyote and the Enemy Aliens', connect?
Which character in the story is portrayed as the most ignorant?
Which character in the story is portrayed as the most ignorant?
What does the narrator's simplistic view on the world allow the reader to do?
What does the narrator's simplistic view on the world allow the reader to do?
Who does the narrator imply is powerless to stop the government's mistreatment of the Japanese and Aboriginals?
Who does the narrator imply is powerless to stop the government's mistreatment of the Japanese and Aboriginals?
What does the narrator believe is dangerous?
What does the narrator believe is dangerous?
What does the contrast between the narrator's simple language and the Whitemen's complex vocabulary symbolize?
What does the contrast between the narrator's simple language and the Whitemen's complex vocabulary symbolize?
What does the narrator equate a Canadian story to?
What does the narrator equate a Canadian story to?
What is the main lesson that 'Coyote and the Enemy Aliens' teaches?
What is the main lesson that 'Coyote and the Enemy Aliens' teaches?
What were the conditions that allowed for the internment of Japanese Canadians?
What were the conditions that allowed for the internment of Japanese Canadians?
Why does Coyote trust the Whitemen and help them in the internment of Japanese Canadians?
Why does Coyote trust the Whitemen and help them in the internment of Japanese Canadians?
What traits are attributed to the Whitemen in the story?
What traits are attributed to the Whitemen in the story?
What does the word 'legal' mean in relation to the government's actions?
What does the word 'legal' mean in relation to the government's actions?
What does Thomas King suggest about the government's laws?
What does Thomas King suggest about the government's laws?
What does the text imply about Coyote's trust in the Whitemen?
What does the text imply about Coyote's trust in the Whitemen?
What is one of the ways in which the Whitemen justify their actions in the text?
What is one of the ways in which the Whitemen justify their actions in the text?
