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Prewrite 1. What are you good at? 2. How do you feel when you're doing the thing you're good at? 3. How would you feel if people wouldn't let you do the thing you're good at?

Answers: 1. I am good at guitar hero 2 and playing electric guitar 2. I feel like an actual rocker when i play it 3. I would not have anything to do if they take that away

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. 2. Predict the resolution of each conflict.

Answers: 1. Tao can't paint images with people seeing him, he has a bad foot 2. The other people are going to let him paint stuff, someone is going to fix his foot

Chapter 2 What two important events happen in this chapter?

Answer: 1. He finds a cave to stay in and starts to paint in it. 2. He finds a lot of food at the slough which grows berries and mushrooms.

Chapter 3 1. What do Tao and Ram learn to do together? 2. What decision does Tao tell Volt? 3. Look at Tao's decisions and actions from Volt's perspective. Pretend you are Volt. Write a first person paragraph explaining how you feel.

Answers: 1. They learn to hunt by themselves 2. He is going to hunt by himself 3. I feel that Tao is really bad because he is doing taboo things. He is painting images when he is not supposed to. He went into a forbidden place. He is hunting with wild animals. Finally, he lost a rabbit and he still didn't find it.

Chapter 4 In a good paragraph, describe Tao's mother. Start with an interest grabber. Then write your topic sentence. Give three details or examples to support your thesis. Use a quotation from the chapter.

Paragraph: Tao's mother was a caring and creative girl.She was a different person then other people.When Tao was born with a bad foot,the clan were to bring him to the boulders to die,but his mother fought off and didn't let that happen.In a cold and rough winter, Tao's mother would take care of him and would do anything to keep him safe.Tao's mother had a sense of art and creativity to see wonderful things."She was only girl,"said Kala, "but she had a sense and wisdom of a woman."

Chapter 5 1. Which two animals does Tao try to draw? 2. Which is easier for him and why?

Answers: 1. Tao tries to draw a horse and a wolfdog. 2. The wolfdog is easier because he didn't have to draw by memory

Chapter 6 1. Graybeard realizes that Tao has broken two taboos of his clan. What are they? 2. Which taboo doesn't he know about yet? 3. Graybeard describes Volt differently than we have. What aspects of Volt's character is Graybeard acknowledging?

Answers: 1. Hunting with a wolf dog and hunting in the slough. 2. That he can't paint pictures in the caves 3. Graybeard says that he is a good man

Chapter 7 Write your reaction to the last paragraph in the chapter. Do you agree or disagree with Graybeard? Is what he says true for those times, but not now? Or, is the reverse true: was it not true then, but true now?

Answer: 1. I agree with Graybeard because Tao could get killed by drawing images 2. What he says is true back then but not now

Chapter 8 An important theme in this novel is that people should follow their dreams and do what they believe is right, even if they don't follow their society's expected ways. The author examines this theme in a stone age setting. Imagine a similar situation today. What situation did you imagine? In the situation you imagined, should the person follow his or her dreams or should they follow society's rules? Give your opinion.

Answer: A mother and a father joining the army,I think that they should follow society rules so the mother could stay

Chapter 9 Why do you think Graybeard changed his mind? What does this tell you about his character?

Answers: 1. I think Graybeard changed his mind because he wants Tao to be a good cave painter 2. This tells me that Graybeard is a good and helpful person

Chapter 10 1. What are the "mountains-that-walk"? 2. What almost happened to Tao?

Answers: 1. A mammoth 2. He almost gets killed

Chapter 11 Do you think Graybeard is a good teacher? Why? Would you like to have been taught a skill by him? Why?

Answers: 1.Yes,because he shows all the details 2.Yes,because I want to get good at it.

Chapter 12 1. Name some of the ingredients used to make paint. Which surprised you most? 2. Why is Tao afraid at the end of the chapter?

Answers: 1. Powder,clay,chalk,fish oil,animal fat,blood.The animal fat surprised me the most 2. He is worried that Graybeard is really sick and that he might die

Chapter 13 1. Even if Ram had succeeded in hunting the deer, do you think it was a good idea of Tao's to "show off" his dog's ability to hunt? Explain. 2. Predict what will happen next. If you've read ahead, invent an alternate scene.

Answers: 1.No,because Volt still thinks wolves are demons and wants to kill them including Ram 2. I think that he is going to get saved by Graybeard

Chapter 14 1. Why does Tao cross the river? 2. What decision does Graybeard reach?

Answers: 1. He heard a howl of a wolf and thinks it is Ram. 2. He allows Tao to paint in the caves

Chapter 15 What problem does Tao have by the end of the chapter?

Answer: The cave gets dark and there are no lights so Tao can't see.

Chapter 16 Look at the website of the Laxcaux Caves: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/ Find a picture that resembles the one Tao is painting. Copy it as your answer to this question.

Picture:

Chapter 17 Wow! What a chapter! What was your reaction? Tense? Surprised? You predicted it? Write a paragraph describing your reaction.

Answer: I was feeling excited during the big fight.I didn't know who was going to get killed.I was surprised when i found out that Volt was Tao's father!! I certainly did not expect what happened.That was some chapter!

Chapter 18 Why does Tao feel he needs to go to the Mountain People?

Answer: He needs to prove himself and he wants to follow Graybeard's footsteps