Julie of the Wolves
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SHORT ANSWER STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS - Julie of the Wolves
Reading Assignment 5
16. What problem did Amaroq's death cause for the wolf pack?
17. Why did Miyax move her pack to the river?
18. Where did Miyax decide to live?
19. Who were Miyax's visitors?
20. Where were hunter and his family from?
21. Who was Atik's teacher?
22. What about Kangik pleased Miyax?
23. Who did Miyax find in Kangik, and what did she discover about his lifestyle?
24. Why did Miyax leave her father?
25. To what realization does Miyax come?
26. What are we made to believe at the end of the story?
Vocabulary Julie of the Wolves Reading Assignment #5
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.
33. Miyax found the clear nights quite manageable.
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34. They were forced to hunt rabbits and small game. These would not sustain them.
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35. Game would be more abundant in the dwarf willows and aspens that bordered the waterways.
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36. The snow glowed blue and green and the constellations glittered, not only in the sky, but on the ice in
the river and on the snow on the bushes and trees.
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37. There, as she suspected, lay several rabbits and ptarmigan.
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38. He had become enamored of hunting and fishing.
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39. She hoisted her pack to her back and picked up Tornait.
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40. Miyax has seen this game in Barrow, and she watched the flying figures with fascination.
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41. She was engulfed in light for an instant, then the door closed behind her.
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Part II. Matching
___ 33. Manageable A. to surmise to be true or probable
___ 34. Sustain B. irresistible attraction
___ 35. Abundant C. raised up; lifted up
___ 36. Constellations D. inspired with love; captivated; charmed
___ 37. Suspected E. maintain; prolong; keep in existence
___ 38. Enamored F. surrounded completely
___ 39. Hoisted G. in plentiful supply
___ 40. Fascination H. able to be handled or controlled
___ 41. Engulfed