Touching Spirit Bear Chapters 3-5: Cole's Escape Attempt
What does Garvey bring to Cole's cell?
1. In Touching Spirit Bear chapters 3-5, what does Garvey bring to Cole's cell?
What does Cole do with the ingredients?
2. How does Cole react to the ingredients brought by Garvey?
How does Cole plan to escape from the island?
3. What is Cole's plan to escape from the Alaskan island?
What does Garvey call Cole instead of Champ?
4. What name does Garvey use to address Cole during his imprisonment?
Where do Cole's parents sit at Circle Justice?
5. Where is the seating arrangement of Cole's parents at Circle Justice?
How many of Cole's classmates show up for Circle Justice?
6. How many of Cole's classmates attend Circle Justice?
What two obligations must speakers fulfill at the Circle?
7. What are the requirements for speakers at the Circle?
What does the Circle want to believe about Cole?
8. What is the Circle's desire regarding Cole's character development?
Why can't Cole swim away from the island?
9. What prevents Cole from swimming away from the island?
What scares Cole after he makes it back to shore?
10. What frightens Cole after his return to the shore?
What presence does Cole see?
11. What mysterious presence does Cole encounter?
What does Cole find near the ashes of the shelter?
12. What discovery does Cole make near the shelter's ashes?
Answers:
1. Garvey brings a bowl of boiling soup and a plate with a slice of bread to Cole's cell.
2. Cole throws the soup and bread at the wall of the cell and smashes the bowl on the bottom.
3. Cole plans to escape from the islet by swimming across to the continent, walking until he finds a car, and driving down.
4. Garvey calls Cole by his real name rather than Champ.
5. Cole's parents sit on the contrary side of the room from him at Circle Justice.
6. None of Cole's classmates show up for Circle Justice.
7. Speakers at the Circle must speak from the heart and hear from the heart.
8. The Circle wants to believe that Cole has truly learned from his miscalculations and is regretful.
9. Cole is unfit to swim away from the island due to the strong currents and cold water.
10. Cole is spooked by the presence of a white Spirit Bear.
11. Cole sees the presence of the white Spirit Bear.
12. Cole finds the white hair of the Spirit Bear near the ashes of the shelter.
Touching Spirit Bear chapters 3-5 delve into Cole's imprisonment on an Alaskan island and his daring escape attempt. Garvey, a significant character, brings a meal to Cole's cell consisting of boiling soup and bread. However, Cole's reaction is aggressive as he throws the food around the cell in frustration.
Cole's escape plan involves swimming to the continent, walking until he finds a vehicle, and driving away from the island. This plan highlights his determination to break free from his confinement and make amends for his past mistakes.
During Circle Justice, Cole's parents sit opposite him, symbolizing the fractured relationship between them. Despite the lack of support from his classmates, Cole is expected to fulfill two key obligations as a speaker at the Circle: speaking sincerely from the heart and listening attentively in return.
The Circle hopes that Cole has genuinely learned from his misdeeds and expresses remorse for his actions. However, obstacles such as the strong currents and cold waters prevent Cole from swimming away from the island smoothly.
As Cole navigates the challenges of his escape, he encounters the eerie presence of a white Spirit Bear, adding a mystical element to his journey. The discovery of the bear's white hair near the shelter's ashes further deepens the mystery surrounding Cole's experiences on the island.