Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Whiteout Chapter 4 notes and questions

New Characters

  • · Noddy Pelgrin, Clerk for Hudson Bay Company
  • · Pudlo
  • · Jon Walski, the School Principal
  • · Doreen Boween, the teacher
  • · Heather Macintosh

Plot Summary

  • - He hears about his uncle the first time
  • - He leaves for Nanuvik
  • - He views the Arctic from the air- the mountains look like whip cream floating on grey blue shadows.
  • - He is flying over some of the most desolate places on earth
  • - He is still not convinced he will like it
  • - He admits what he did in Toronto that got in to trouble with the law
  • - He sees his first dog team
  • - He meets the people of the community

Important Reoccurring Images/ Symbols

He orders Irish coffee

Dictionary items

Nanuvik- Place of bears in Inuktitut.

Ayii- yes in Inuktitut

Chapter Four Questions

Chapter four

16) What does Jon learn about his uncle from one of the pilots?

17) How does Nanuvik appear from the air?

18) Who was Noddy Pelgrim?

19) What does the Inuktitut word " Nanuvik" mean?

20) Who were the first white people that Jon met in Nanuvik?

21) How many people came out to meet Jon?

22) What advice does Noddy give Jon by the end of chapter four?

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