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| Who is the author of The Seekers: The Quest Begins? |
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| What kind of bears are Kallik and Taqqiq? |
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| What kind of bear is Lusa? |
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| What does the word “Lusa “mean in Choctaw language? |
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| What does Lusa call the people/humans at the zoo? |
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| What kind of bear is Toklo? |
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| What is Toklo’s brothers’ name? |
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| Why does Toklo resent Tobi? |
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Because he is sick and weak and a burden to him and his mother. He causes the family to have to
move slowly in their quest for food. Toklo is jealous of the attention his mother gives to Tobi.
(p.35) |
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| What event causes Kallik to be separated from her mother, Nisa, and brother, Taqqiq? |
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| Nisa is attacked and killed by killer whales, orcas. (p.57) |
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| What skill does King teach Lusa to do? |
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| What zoo animals did Lusa see from the top of the tree? |
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| A tiger, flamingos, monkeys (p 64) |
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| How did King react when Lusa questioned him about what it was like to live in the wild? |
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He was resentful and told her that she would never live in the wild so to stop pestering him about
it. (p.65) |
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| What happened to Tobi on the journey to the river? |
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| Why was Toklo’s mother, Oka, so angry at him over Tobi’s death? |
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She was mad that Toklo did not wake her up when he realized that Tobi was dying.
(p.79) |
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| What happens to Lusa’s mother, Ashia, in the Bear Bowl at the zoo? |
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She gets sick and the flat-faces remove her from the Bear Bowl; they shoot her with a tranquilizer
dart. (p.96-97) |
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| What event happens to Toklo when he attempts to fish for salmon by himself? |
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A large male grizzly, Shoteka, attacks him and holds him underwater; the current drags him
downriver. (p.106) |
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| Why does Toklo’s mother abandon him? |
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She is sad about losing Tobi and says she can’t watch her cubs die. She tells Toklo to go away and
don’t come back. (p.108) |
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| What amphibian did Kallik kill and eat at the pond? |
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| What happened to Kallik when she tried to eat the bird eggs? |
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| The mother bird attacked her and pecked her on the head. (p.118-119) |
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| What was Kallik following to guide her on her journey? |
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| Name 2 animals that Kallik encountered on her journey to land. |
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| Gray whales and walruses (p. 137,139) |
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| A car/automobile (p. 161) |
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| What happened to Toklo’s mother, Oka? |
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| She was captured and moved to the zoo’s Bear Bowl. (p.145) |
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| Which bear was the storyteller in the Bear Bowl? |
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| What did Oka do the day after she arrived in the Bear Bowl? |
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| She attacked the feeder and had to be shot with a tranquilizer dart. (p.168) |
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| What does Oka think will happen to her? |
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| She will be put to sleep and her spirit will go to the Great Salmon River (p.172) |
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| What promise does Lusa make to Oka? |
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| That she will find her cub, Toklo. (p.174) |
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| Why does Toklo continue to be driven away by other bears as he forages for food? |
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| The other bears drive him away because they are protecting their territory. (p.175) |
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| How did Lusa escape from the zoo? |
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She tried to get out of one of the doors in the Bear Bowl and got shot with a tranquilizer dart. She
was then moved to a “flat face den” for observation. She climbed through an open window in the
room and fell into the bushes below. (p.203-205) |
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