Q 01/05

In Touching Spirit Bear, which Native American form of sentencing spares Cole from adult prison?

A) Teen Court

B) Circle Justice

C) Peer Mediation

D) Wilderness Probation

Answer · why

B) Circle Justice

Circle Justice aims to heal the offender, the victim and the community together instead of simply punishing. Garvey warns Cole that banishment under i...

Q 02/05

In Touching Spirit Bear, what does Cole do to Edwin's shelter once the boat leaves him alone?

A) Burns it down

B) Tears it apart

C) Locks himself indoors

D) Ignores it completely

Answer · why

A) Burns it down

He burns it down with gasoline and a match, supplies and all, in a rage at everyone who sent him there. Within hours he is shivering on the shore with...

Q 03/05

The white animal in Touching Spirit Bear is a pale-coated variety of which kind of bear?

A) Polar

B) Grizzly

C) Black

D) Kodiak

Answer · why

C) Black

Black is right: the spirit bear is a subspecies of the American black bear, and most of its kind are born with ordinary dark coats. Only a few hundred...

Q 04/05

In Touching Spirit Bear, what must each speaker be holding at the hearings on Cole's case?

A) A carved stick

B) A smooth stone

C) A lit candle

D) A feather

Answer · why

D) A feather

A feather passes from hand to hand, and only whoever holds it may speak. When it reaches Cole's mother she is too afraid to say anything and simply ha...

Q 05/05

In Touching Spirit Bear, Garvey has Cole taste raw ingredients, then serves him what baked treat?

A) A cake

B) A pie

C) A muffin

D) A cookie

Answer · why

A) A cake

A cake made from the very flour, salt and eggs that tasted awful alone is the whole lesson. Garvey wants Cole to see that the bad parts of a life can ...