Answer the following questions with good evidence and quotes.
- Explain what hockey means to young Saul in Chapters 20 – 34.
- In Chapter 21, what does Saul mean that “the biggest crime [to take place at the residential school was]…making [the children] complicit?
- In Chapter 32, how would fighting have made Saul “give up his vision of the game”, and why was it so important for him not to give in to those pressuring him to fight?
- How do the abuse, hockey, and drinking all fit together in Saul’s life?
ossify (v): turn into bone/boney tissue; harden
namby pamby (adj or n):
lacking strength, energy or courage; a person lacking these traits
juxtapose (v): place two very different items close together
for a contrasting effect
pragmatic (adj): dealing with
issues/events in a sensible, realistic and practical way
condone (v): to approve something (usually with
reluctance); to allow behaviour to
continue (usually the behaviour or actions are offensive)
wraith (n):
ghost
vain (adj): excessively proud; conceited
brevity (n): shortness of time/duration; the
quality of expressing much in a few words
dapper (adj): neat and trim in appearance (esp. for
a man)
schadenfreude (n): satisfaction or pleasure felt at
someone else’s misfortune
