Touching Spirit Bear

Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-book review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is not a reason why Cole feels angry at the world?

A) He is bullied by his father.

B) He has been sentenced to jail.

C) He feels like nobody cares about him.

D) He feels like Peter was wrong to report him.

2. Which symbol from the novel best represents the choices people have in life?

A) The baby sparrows

B) The perfect circle

C) The ancestor stone

D) The wolf dance

3. What is being foreshadowed when Garvey says, “Go ahead and try it. Try manipulating a storm or lying to your hunger. Try cheating the cold” (46)?

A) The starvation that Cole experiences in the winter

B) The blizzard that comes after Garvey and Edwin leave

C) The near-death experience after the bear attack

D) The thunderstorm that destroys Cole’s cabin

4. Which best describes Edwin’s position in Cole’s life?

A) Uncle

B) Antagonist

C) Foil

D) Mentor

5. When does Cole realize that he is insignificant and helpless?

A) After the Spirit Bear attack

B) After trying to escape the island

C) After Edwin and Garvey leave

D) After the shelter burns down

6. Which is the correct series of events?

A) Cole performs the anger dance, Cole touches the Spirit Bear, Cole begins carving the totem pole

B) Cole touches the Spirit Bear, Cole begins carving the totem pole, Cole performs the dance of anger