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Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
Part 2: The Dreamrun
Chapter 14 day 2 (pp 160-171)
Vocabulary.
1. miraculously (p 162) a. small quick movement
2. reluctantly (p 162) b. having little value
3. flicker (p 163) c. against your will
4. revive (p 163) d. regain life
5. agony (p 165) e. difficult to believe
6. cheaply (p 169) f. extreme suffering
Use the vocabulary words correctly in the sentences from the novel.
1. “Even with the meat she did not .”
2. “When he moved her he saw her eye and he thought
twice. Twice she has come back from death.”
3. “The meat had given them strength almost fast,
but they didn’t want to leave the kill.”
4. “ He did not wish to speak of it, or brag of it.”
5. “She strained and heaved and pushed and in the folds of the skin and the
of it was not something he understood.”
6. “Even then, they worked for a time.”
Comprehension Questions.
1. What creature in the dream is very similar to the polar bear?
2. In what ways were they alike?
3. How were they different from the caribou? 4. Describe the battle with the bear on pages 158-160. 5. Why did Russel feel sadness as well as joy when he killed the bear?
6. What event finally made Russel think that perhaps he should have stayed in his village?
7. What made him determined to get to a village as quickly as possible?
Dogsong by Gary Paulsen
Part 2: The Dreamrun
Chapter 14 day 2 (pp 160-171)
Vocabulary.
1. miraculously (p 162) a. small quick movement
2. reluctantly (p 162) b. having little value
3. flicker (p 163) c. against your will
4. revive (p 163) d. regain life
5. agony (p 165) e. difficult to believe
6. cheaply (p 169) f. extreme suffering
Use the vocabulary words correctly in the sentences from the novel.
1. “Even with the meat she did not .”
2. “When he moved her he saw her eye and he thought
twice. Twice she has come back from death.”
3. “The meat had given them strength almost fast,
but they didn’t want to leave the kill.”
4. “ He did not wish to speak of it, or brag of it.”
5. “She strained and heaved and pushed and in the folds of the skin and the
of it was not something he understood.”
6. “Even then, they worked for a time.”
Comprehension Questions.
1. What creature in the dream is very similar to the polar bear?
2. In what ways were they alike?
3. How were they different from the caribou? 4. Describe the battle with the bear on pages 158-160. 5. Why did Russel feel sadness as well as joy when he killed the bear?
6. What event finally made Russel think that perhaps he should have stayed in his village?
7. What made him determined to get to a village as quickly as possible?