JULIE OF THE WOLVES
READING ASSIGNMENT LIST
pgs 5 - bottom of 11
pgs 11 - top of 25
pgs 25 - top of 37
pgs 37 - mid 61
pgs 61 - 70
pgs 75 - mid 84
pgs 84 - top of 95
pgs 95 - 104
pgs 109 - bottom of 122
pgs 122 - bottom of138
pgs 138 - mid147
pgs 147 - mid 161
pgs 161 - 170; read aloud
As you read, keep a list of the figures of speech the author uses that you find particularly
effective. Look for similes, metaphors and personification. Put a sticky note by any that
you find so you can share them in class. Also – for EACH SECTION that you read you
are going to look for a passage to add to your Powerful Passage Journal.
pgs 5 - bottom of 11
VOCABULARY
vast p5
predicament p6
discern p6
instilled p8
compactness p8
midst p8
evoke p9
monotony p9
bountiful p9
1. What is Miyax's problem at the beginning of the book? What makes this situation so
difficult?
2. What is Amaroq, and why is it so important for Miyax to get his attention?
3. Why can't Miyax locate the correct direction to travel?
JULIE OF THE WOLVES
pgs 11 - top of 25
VOCABULARY
versatile p12
abundance p14
reprimand p18
summons p18
vitality p18
dispelled p20
dominance p21
acutely p23
elated p23
1. What did Miyax bring with her when she set off on her own, and why were these items
important? (p11-12)
2. What does the ‘hour of the caribou’ mean? Why would it have been better if it was
‘the hour of the lemming’?
3. How is the definition of wealth among old Eskimo hunters different than the way most
people define wealth today? Which definition do you agree with and why?
JULIE OF THE WOLVES
pgs 25 -37
VOCABULARY
violated p26
radiant p26
soliciting p27
gaunt p28
edible p29
resembled p30
laboriously p30
ravenously p32
regurgitated p32
jubilantly p33
lichens p34
peat p35
1. What is Miyax's most pressing problem?
2. Why would being lost be so dangerous to Miyax?
3. Would you have the courage to do what Miyax does with the wolves?
4. How is Kapu such a big help to her? What is her relationship with the young
wolf? Describe how you think she feels about him compared to the other pups or
older wolves.
JULIE OF THE WOLVES
pgs 37 - 61
VOCABULARY
snares p42
conspicuous p43
plummeting p44
contend p44
acute p45
laboriously p45
viscera p46
pose p47
quell p49
incorrigible p51
discern p51
immobile p51
improvisation p53
crescendo p54
undulated p54
writhed p56
scoffing p59
diligently p60
1. She likes remembering the Eskimo ways. Why do you think this might be?
2. The poem on page 60 is important. What does it tell you?
JULIE OF THE WOLVES
pgs 61-70
VOCABULARY
reaffirmed p62
infested p63
permafrost p63
sinew p69
1. How and WHY does Miyax make a refrigerator?
2. What was it that reminded Miyax that it would soon be fall and then winter?
3. How does she make her own compass?
3. What has Miyax learned about Jello?
4. What is your reaction to Amy's letter?
5. The last line in the section says "The wolves were gone." What do you think Miyax is
going to do?
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Pgs 75 - 84
VOCABULARY
hurling p75
infinitely p76
1. What did Miyax's father do when her mother died?__ Why do you think he reacted
this way? Was he wrong? Do you understand his actions?
2. How does Miyax describe her early memories? Give an example of this.
3. Why doesn't Miyax want her father to call her Julie?
4. Why does her life at the seal camp end? Who do you think is right, Myiax's father or
Aunt Martha? Explain your answer.
5. Why does her father tell her she can marry Daniel?
6. Why is Aunt Martha so mean in the way that she tells Miyax her father is missing?
7. How does the way Miyax describes her feelings at her father's death different than
those at her mother's death? WHY?
JULIE OF THE WOLVES
Pgs 84 - 95
VOCABULARY
beheld p85
derisively p85
scarce p90
misgivings p91
reluctant p93
upholstery p90
macadam p92
quonset p94
1. Why do you think she is now referred to as Julie instead of Miyax?
2. Why does she feel like an outcast?
3. What does the author mean "Daylight is spelled A-M-Y" How does having a pen-pal
change her life?
4.Why does Julie decide to go to Barrow and marry Daniel? Why doesn't Martha want
her to go?
5. When she meets Daniel she is somewhat surprised. What is wrong with him? Why
does Daniel's mother say that he will be 'like a brother to you'?
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Pg 95 - 104
VOCABULARY
dimension p100
vibrant p101
bleated p102
1. Describe her life in Barrow. Would you like it or not?
2. Why are Amy's letters so important to her?
3. How does Naka's drinking affect him? How does it affect his family? When she learns
who Mr. Pollock is and what he does for the native people, what does she mean when she
says that the ‘pink room took on a new dimension?’
4. Why does Julie leave Daniel? Is there any other way that she could have handled her
situation?
5.What does Julie mean when she says "Julie is gone. I am Miyax now"?
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PG 109-122
VOCABULARY
bestial p110
sauntered p114
bravado p117
brandishing p110
niche p114
abeyance p111
persisted p116
cumbersome p117
1. On pg 120, why did Miyax say " My tombstone"?
2. How and why did Jello die? How does this tell you that the wolves consider her to be
one of the pack?
3. Why does Miyax realize the value of her tools?
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Pgs 122-138
VOCABULARY
cauldron p123
concave p124
immense p126
improvised p126
inspired p125
harassing p132
ravenously p136
1. What are two ways that Miyax gets food? How does she use the ice to make things?
2. What things made Miyax think that she was getting closer to the coast?
3. Read the third paragraph on page 130 again. What do you think is going through her
mind? What will she do?
4. How do the wolves save her life?
5. What do you think about the bounty put on wolves? How do you think the old
Eskimos would feel about hunting for sport? Did kapugan think that man had that right?
Why or why not?
6. Why was she glad to find the bird?
JULIE OF THE WOLVES
pgs 138 - 147
VOCABULARY
1. On pg. 141 it says she say the great cities, bridges, radios, the pink room. Civilization
became this monster... What does she mean by this? How has it changed her plans?
2. Why did the men in the plane kill Amaroq?
3. How does Miyax save Kapu?
3. How does Miyax say ‘goodbye’ to Amaroq?
4. What does the comb she carved come to symbolize or mean to her?
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Pg. 147 - 161
VOCABULARY
grandeur p149
regal p153
abundant p150
disuse p154
hoisted p151
enamored p157
prosperous p159
1. What does she mean "the pink room is red with your blood"?
2. How does Kapu become the leader?
3.Why must she leave the wolves? Do you think this is hard for her? Does she have any
other choice?
4.What decision does she make and why? Why is she both glad and miserable?
5. When she meets the people, why do you think she pretends that she doesn't understand
english?
6. What do Atik and Uma tell her that changes EVERYTHING.
7. What does she mean "My own Amaroq lives"?
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JULIE OF THE WOLVES
pg 161-170 read aloud
1. Why is Julie/Miyax so disappointed? What does she see in her father's house that
makes her realize that he has changed?
2. Why does she leave the village? What lie does she tell her father?
3. What does the poem at the end of the book tell you? How do you feel about it?