| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Who is Nathan? | 1. Main Character 2. 14 years old |
| Who is Captain Brim? | 1. Owner of the trading post |
| Is Captain Brim a Captain? | No, he just likes the name |
| Who is Lighthouse George? | 1. he is one of Nathan's makah friends 2. son of the chief |
| Who is Dolla Bill? | 1. He is an outcast and kidnapped as a child and lived with the Makahs and then traded back to the Whites. |
| Who was Zachary Mkallister? | 1. He is Nathan's Dad 2. He is incharge of the Lighthouse |
| Who is Rebbecca? | She is Lighthouse George's wife |
| Who is Jack Kane? | 1. He came to town as a visitor ~ in a nice white suit and blue eyes 2. He was the Murderer! |
| Who is Young Carver? | He was the Makah Canoe Maker |
| Who is Elizibeth Mkallister? | 1. She was nathan's mom |
| Where did Nathan and his family first live when they came to Washington? | Tatoosh Island |
| Why did Nathan and his mom move off Tatoosh Island? | His mother got sick from the weather and there was a docter availble at Neah Bay |
| What is the L. S. Burnaby? | It is the ship that crashed off Cape Flattery |
| Where did Nathan and his mom move to? | Neah Bay |
| How did Nathan and his family meet Lighthouse George? | Lighthouse George would canoe out and bring supplies and mail to them |
| What is potlatch? | The Chinook word for gifts and the giving of gifts |
| What is Muck a Muck? | The prase means anything that has to do with food |
| Who was Beth Mac? | Nathan's mom since this is how lighthouse George addressed it |
| Who is Cap'n Mac? | Nathan's Father |
| Who is Tennis Mac? | Nathan |
| What does Tennis Mac mean? | little |
| What was taken from Captain Brim's store (trading post) ? | harpoon and a knief with a ship on it |
| Why was the robbery at the Trading Post Unusal? | 1. there was no robbery since 12 years 2. the Makahs were honest ppl 3. Almost everyone had harpoons |
| Why is everyone curious about the footprints in the sand? | 1. The footprints were found after the shipwreck 2. the Makahs said it was not a makah footprint and that everyone on the ship died |
| What does Captain Brim call Nathan? | He calls him Red ~ Nathan has red cheeks and red hair and Nathan does not like it |
| How long has Captain Brim been on Neah Bay? | 20 yrs |
| What does Makah mean? | generous with food |
| Where did Lighthouse George learn to speek english? | on a whale ship |
| How long did Lighthouse George stay with the Nitatis ppl? | It was suppose to be 1 yr but then it ended up as 5. |
| Does Lighthouse George like harpooning? | no |
| What did Nathan find near Fuca's Pillar with Lighthouse George? | shipswheel in the and from " The queen of Malabar ship" |
| What doe skookum-chuck mean? | powerful & water |
| Why do people stay away from Fuca Pillar? | Makahs Used to have contest to climb it and bring back eggs. One boy got stuck up top , couldn't get down and died and top of pillar. |
| What did Nathan see off the tip of Cape Flattery? | He was smoke comng from behind the rock/cliffcalled the hole in the wall |
| What did Nathan start looking for that Cpt Bim would pay $2 bits for? | bricks from spanish fort built in the 1700's |
| What happened between the Makah's and Spanish? | Makah claim to run them off even though they had gunfire- they claim to burn down their forts |
| What did the Spanish Captain bury somewhere around Cape Flattery? | gold bullion before he abandoned the fort |
| What did the Makah Children claim to have seen in the woods? | The hairy man or the man who lives in the woods |
| What happended 100 years ago? | Captain Cook searched for the new passage and the spanish gold |
| Who was Alexander Flagg? | he was the brother of the captain of the Burnaby |
| Describe what the Spanish Bricks look like. | 1. they were yellow 2. found in the creek beds 3. flat and thin 4. eight inches |
| When Nathan was walking through the woods in Chapter 6, what did he find? | Up in the trees 20ft above, there was a ghost canoe resting in between two trees |
| What was in the Ghost Canoe? | a human skeleton, including the skull, a rope, a spear more than 20 ft long cavered like a seal, and a small wooden box with bone pieces in them |
| Where was the canoe pointed at and why? | It was pointing at the sea because the makahs believed that it was for the afterlife |
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