Light in the Forest

Ch 11 (vi) – Ch 15 (x)

Ch 11 -- Questions

1) Compare and Contrast the way whites and Indians view messages.

2) Why was the Indian in Johnny “fading away”?

3) What things about Harry made no sense to Johnny?

4) Explain why the White people did not find Half Arrow’s jokes funny.

Ch 12 -- Vocabulary

Page 85 a) alacrity 1) The _____ of the baking bread greeted

me when I opened the door.

86 b) minny 2) The little _____ of a girl looked tiny next

to the large tree.

87 c) pungency 3) Holding to the sides of the boat, the

passengers rode the _____ through

92 d) weirs 4) He read his favorite story with such

_____ that the teacher praised him.

92 e) gauntlet 5) While wading in the creek, we

encountered a few _____.

Ch 12 -- Questions

1) Why couldn’t Johnny go back to his home among the whites? What was he afraid would happen to Half Arrow and him?

2) What was True Son’s only regret in leaving the White men? Why?

3) What proof is there that True Son’s thinking has been affected by the whites?

Ch 13 -- Questions

1) Describe the place the boys found to stop after they passed Fort Pitt. What did they do there?

2) Explain why they chose to stay there so long and not go on home.

3) The boys now looked at themselves as adults. In your opinion, what makes a person an adult?

4) Compare how True Son and Half Arrow proved to themselves that they were adults with how kids in America show it today?

Ch 14 -- Vocabulary

Page 100 Carrion a) Two or more colors

104 Pied b) Disbelief

105 Enticed c) Reward-deserving

106 Meritorious d) Dead flesh

109 Incredulity e) Tempted

Ch 14 -- Questions

1) After days of rejoicing, the mood of the village changed. Why? What decision was made at the Council house?

2) What dilemma did True Son and his family face as a result? What choice did he make?

3) What did Thitpan collect on the trip that really bothered True Son? Why did this bother him so much?

4) What happened that alienated True Son from his Indian brothers? What do you think will happen in the final chapter?

Ch 15 -- Questions

1) What is the significance of True Son’s face being painted half black half white?

2) Describe how the father-son relationship between True Son and Cuyloga has changed throughout the book.

3) Describe the closing scene using two adjectives.

4) (On a separate sheet of paper) Write a Cinquain Poem summarizing the life of Johnny / True Son. Write at least two stanzas.