Context Clues

I Am the Ice Worm
Context Clue Connections

1. Matu wanted Allison to buy an ulu. He said it was good for cutting things. “Make clothes Cut meat.” What is an ulu?

2. The pilot bought Allison a hooded coat with a wolverine ruff that wouldn’t ice up and cut her face. What is a ruff?

3. the parka had deep pockets and a furry hood. What is a parka?

4. The trapper took his snow knife and carved out blocks of ice to build an igloo. What is an igloo?

5. the trapper’s wife made Allison some mukluks like Matu wore on his feet. What are mukluks?

6. Matu told Allison that people long ago feared the shaman who set taboos. What is a shaman?

7. Still in their traces, the dogs jumped and howled. What are traces?

8. Sikik tells Allison that the naluagmi people are bad for the Eskimo. What are naluagmi?

Answers:

1. Ulu: woman’s knife

2. Ruff: fur trim on a parka hood

3. Parka: coat

4. igloo: house or shelter

5. Mukluks: boots

6. Shaman: priest or medicine man with special powers of good and evil

7. Traces: lines holding dogs to harness

8. Naluagmi: white people

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