Julie of the Wolves
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SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - Julie of the Wolves
Reading Assignment 2
32. What are "white-outs"?
33. What had the wind told Amaroq?
34. Why did the two-ended tunnel worry Miyax?
35. Why did Miyax make a trail when she went hunting?
36. Why didn't Miyax catch the owl?
37. Who won the fight between Amaroq and Jello?
38. What did Silver do when Miyax drank her milk?
39. How did Miyax know the direction to
40. How could Miyax tell it was almost autumn?
41. Why does every Eskimo family have a deep cellar in the ice?
42. How did Kapu react to the Eskimo food Miyax gave him?
43. How long does the Arctic night last?
44. How did Miyax know it was August 24th?
45. How did Miyax scare Jello away from her food?
Vocabulary - Julie of the Wolves Reading Assignment #2
Part I: Using Contextual Clues
Below are the sentences in which the vocabulary words appear in the text. Read the sentence. Use any clues you can find in the sentence combined with your prior knowledge, and write what you think the underlined words mean on the lines provided.
11. "Change your ways when fear seizes," he had said, "for it usually means you are doing something
wrong."
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12. His tail beat again and she scrambled to her house, awed by the sensitivity of Amaroq.
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13. When she tired of these melodies she improvised on the songs of her childhood.
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14. The engines accelerated, and the plane sped off in what must be the direction of
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15. Nails barked. Then Amaroq slid into a musical crescendo that Silver joined in.
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16. With a deft twist of the ulo, she cut off a slice and savored each bite of this, the most nourishing part
of the animal.
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17. Hearing anger in her voice he stood up, the hairs on his back rising menacingly.
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18. He was indeed a lowly wolf - a poor spirit, with fears and without friends.
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Part II. Matching
___ 11. Seizes A. increased in speed
___ 12. Awed B. threateningly
___ 13. Improvised C. gradual increase in volume
___ 14. Accelerated D. skillful
___ 15. Crescendo E. grabs hold of
___ 16. Deft G. invented without preparation for rehearsal
___ 17. Menacingly H. suited for a low rank; meek & humble
___ 18. Lowly