The Light in the Forest

Ch. One ( i ) – Five (v)

Ch 1 -- Vocabulary

Page 2 Redoubt a) hatred

b) distrust

2 Aversion c) insult

d) anger

4 Affront e) fort

Ch 1 -- Questions

1) Who are the main characters?

2) What is the setting?

3) Why does True Son have to leave his home?

4) What prompted Cuyloga to give up True Son?

Ch 2 -- Questions

1) Compare / Contrast the way Whites and Indians treated their captives.

2) How did Del view True Son?

3) Explain the irony of True Son’s name.

4) Describe Del’s relationship with True Son.

Ch 3 -- Vocabulary

Using context clues, match the following words with the sentence that it best fits.

Page 10 a) ditties 1) The girl _____ when she tasted the

sour milk.

10 b) Yengwes 2) The open _____ was easier to

walk in than the forest.

11 c) haltered 3) White people are called _____.

13 d) trace 4) I like to hear the _____ “Old

McDonald” and “Oh Susanna.”

14 e) venison 5) The _____ animal had limited

movement.

14 f) grimaced 6) Indians hunted deer for _____.

Ch 3 -- Questions

1) Why did True Son want to eat the May apple?

2) What does the “ancient sycamore” mean to True Son?

3) What personal qualities do you like in Half Arrow? Which ones do you dislike?

4) What caused True Son to become upset? What calmed him down? Why?

Ch 4 -- Questions

1) Why didn’t True Son and Half Arrow want to discuss their parting?

2) Explain the following statement: “…but though the dogs may fight among themselves, they are one against the wolf.”

3) Summarize the message from Cuyloga to True Son.

4) List the differences between Whites and Indians mentioned in this Chapter. What do you think the author is trying to say by pointing out these differences?

Ch 5 -- Vocabulary

Page 23 Constriction a) Slavery

23 Legion b) Assuming

24 Stolid c) Army

24 Ostentation d) Tightening

25 Subjection e) Dull

27 Presumptuous f) Showiness

Ch 5 -- Questions

1) How did True Son recognize that he was in the “whites” land?

2) Describe the auction block scene.

3) Compare and contrast Cuyloga and Harry Butler.

4) Give two reasons why Del accompanied True Son and his father.