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** Prewrite **
1. What are you good at? ​I am good at gymnastics, and it's very fun. 2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? ​It feels good to do gymnastics because you get to do flips and cartwheels. It's not really anything you get to do at school. 3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at? ​I would feel really sad if I couldn't do gymnastics so I would probably find a way to do it anyway.

** Chapter 1 **
1. What problems or conflicts are presented in chapter one? Tao needing to find a rabbit is an obvious one; identify at least two **more** (not having anything to do with the rabbit!). 2. Predict the resolution of each conflict.


 * Example**:
 * sample conflict** : Tao needs to find a rabbit.
 * sample predicted resolution**: He will find the one he lost.

**predicted resolution 1**: I think that someone will see his drawings and think they are good, so he will be able to draw without keeping it a secret anymore.
 * conflict 1**: ​Tao likes to draw and that is a taboo in his clan.


 * conflict 2**: ​Tao is hanging out with a wolf dog and that is also a taboo in his clan.
 * prediction resolution 2**: ​Maybe the others will allow him to hang out with a wolf dog.

Answer the questions below

** Chapter 2 **
1. Why wasn't the wolf eating? ​The wolf dog wasn't eating because he had a bone splinter stuck in his jaw. 2. What was the resolution of the wolf's problem? ​The resolution to the wolf dog's problem was that Tao pulled the bone splinter out after a lot of effort and squirming. 2. Tao entered the slough. Why was this a good idea? Why might this be a bad idea? ​Going into the Slough was a good idea because if he didn't then he wouldn't have that much food to live off of. This was also a bad idea because you never know if the taboos are actually true. Answer the questions below 1. In chapter 1, what does Tao really want to learn to do? ​__A. draw__ B. hunt C. make a flint knife D. control fire

2. In chapter 2, what is stuck in the wolf's jaw? A. food __​B. a bone splinter__ C. part of a tree D. a flint knife

** Chapter 3 **
3. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together? A. walk on a leash B. swim the river __​C. hunt__ D. escape Volt

4. What decision does Tao tell Volt? A. he is going to hunt with the dog B. the dog's name is Ram C. he is going to look for his parents since he doesn't know who they are ​__D. he is going to hunt alone but bring back food for the camp__

5. Look at Tao's decisions and actions from Volt's perspective. Pretend you are Volt. Write a first person paragraph explaining how you feel. ​ My name is Volt. I am having a hard time right now because my clan is starving because of the famine, and I don't need any extra mouths to feed. Every time I try to get rid of the crippled children that won't be any use to us and will just be a bigger burden, Kala keeps adopting them. Also that boy named Tao is completely crazy because he suggests that we hunt with wolf dogs, and he knows how I feel about wolves! Anyway, I have too many problems to deal with. It seems like nobody understands me! In a good paragraph, describe Tao's mother. What are the qualities of her character? List 3 qualities. Find evidence in the chapter to support your ideas. ​Tao's mother was a very brave, creative, and protective person. When Tao ewas born with a crippled foot, the elders wanted to put him on the boulders and left for the hyenas. Vedra wouldn't allow for them to do that, so she took Tao and went up to Big Cave on the mountains. The story says that "She fought like a cave lion, screaming, biting, refusing to give him up." She kept Tao alive all through the long snows, and Kala brought her food. Before all of that she liked to make jewlery and give it away freely. "The things she made were beautiful." Kala said. She was very kind and artistic. Answer the following questions
 * Chapter 4 **

** Chapter 5 **
1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw? ​Tao tries to draw horses and Ram. 2. Which is easier for him and why? Ram is easier for Tao to draw because he could actually see and copy him.