What pranks did Martha play on Velma? She locked the outhouse door and pretended that she was inside and had fallen down the hole. She also threw Velma's doll down the outhouse.
What smells does Velma remember in the house? Fish, moosemeat and cooking on the stove; frozen laundry; and the fresh scent of outdoors in blankets.
How many rooms in their log cabin? Where did they play? Two. In storage boxes under the bed.
What trick did their mom use to get them to go to sleep? Tell them the mouse would get them.
What homemade toys did their parents make them? Mother made paper cutouts of people or dog teams. Father carved wooden boats for the boys.
Why did their parents let them stay up late in the summer? To get sunshine.
What is neetsi? Rosehips in Gwich'in.
How did they know summer was ending? The sun started to go down and friends and their parents prepared to leave Fort Yukon.
Respond to these in your journal.
You don't always need money to have clothes or to have fun. Give examples from this chapter.
Why were they afraid of the Northern lights? What were you afraid of when you were a child?