Bringing+the+Boy+Home

** by N. A. Nelson **  1. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what happens on Tirio’s 6th birthday?  * His mother sets him adrift on the Amazon River in a corpse canoe. p. 1 -2  2. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what is a suwata curara?  * A death canoe. p. 1  3. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what tribe does Tirio belong to?  * The Tukanami tribe p. 1  4. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what is the boy Luka preparing for?  * His soche seche tente test p. 3  5. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what is the soche seche tente ritual? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Sixth-sense test the first-born son in the Tukanami tribe must go through <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> at age thirteen to become a man p. 3 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">6. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what happens during the soche seche tente test? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Boys are abandoned in the jungle and must use their senses and the sixth-sense <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> connection with their father to get safely back to their village. p. 3 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">7. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, when do boys learn who their fathers are? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Only after passing the soche seche tente test p. 4 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">8. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, who is Tukkita? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The shaman of the Tukanami people p. 4 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">9. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, who is Sara? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The woman who finds Tirio on the river and later adopts him p. 10 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">10. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, who is Joey? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Tirio’s best friend in Miami. p. 6 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">11. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what is physically wrong with Tirio? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * He is lame (bad foot). p. 18 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">12. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, who are Sulai and Karara? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Luka’s sisters p. 24 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">13. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, where are Sara and Tirio going to be for Tirio’s <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> thirteenth birthday? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * They are going back to the Amazon. p. 32 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">14. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what is Tirio planning to do when he and Sara <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">return to the Amazon? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Complete his soche seche tante to prove himself to his father p. 36 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">15. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, how is Luka’s sister different from other Takunami women? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> *She doesn’t cut her hair and is more defiant. p. 39 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">16. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, who trains Luka before his soche seche tente? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * His maha (mother) p. 40 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">17. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what strange things are happening to Tirio right before he returns to the Amazon? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * He starts to hear voices and his senses are heightened. p. 46-47 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">18. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what does Tirio tell joey is causing Tirio to hear voices? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * He believes his father is calling him back to the Amazon. p. 47-48 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">19. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what secret does Tirio learn about Joey’s parents because of his heightened senses? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Joey’s parents are divorcing. p. 51 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">20. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what is the Punhana? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The bird of death that delivers a message of a coming death to a child who sees it p. 66 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">21. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, where does Tirio go to train for his soche seche tente before he goes to the Amazon? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The Miami zoo p. 68 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">22. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home,__ Luka tells his mother a lie about his sister Karara after a training lesson. What happens because of his lie? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * His mother cuts off Karara’s hair and tells her she is no longer welcome at home. p. 84 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">23. In the book Bringing the Boy Home, who is Juan Diego? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Sara’s friend from the research center in the Amazon p. 92 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">24. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, before he is able to complete his soche seche tente, what happens to Luka’s father? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * He dies. p. 112 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">25. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, as Tirio travels down the Amazon in search of his old village, what seems to be guiding down the river? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The glowing eyes of the caimans p. 116 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">26. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, when Luka blames Karara for their father’s death, what does Tukkita tell him? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * His father would have died sooner if Karara had not helped him with her powers <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> as a shaman. p. 121-122 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">27. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what does Tukkita say killed Luka’s father? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * A special tea given to his father by his mother to ensure a boy would be born <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> poisoned his father. p. 122-124 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">28. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, who does Luka come to blame for his father’s death? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Himself because his mother wanted a boy p. 126 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">29. In the book __Bringing the BoysHome__, when Tirio realizes his father is trying to help him during Tirio’s soche seche tente, what does Tirio do? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Refuses to let his father help him. p. 131-133 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">30. In the books __Bringing the Boy Home__, what is stalking Tirio in the jungle as he tries to get to his village? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * A jaguar p. 149 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">31. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, when Luka goes through a ritual to see his future, what does he see? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * He is married and has a crippled son. p. 159-160 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">32. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, instead of completing his soche seche tente on his thirteenth birthday, what happens to Luka? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * He gets married. p. 162 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">33. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, how is Tirio injured when he is attacked by <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">the black jaguar? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The jaguar slashes his leg. p. 169 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">34. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, who saves Tirio from the black jaguar? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * A female jaguar p. 169-170 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">35. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, how are Tirio and Luka related? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Luka is Tirio’s father. p. 172 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">36. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what does Sulali use to close the wound in Tirio’s leg? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The pinchers of giant ants p. 175 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">37. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what is Luka’s answer to Tirio about why <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">he sent him away? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Luka says it was a misunderstanding by Tirio’s mother who thought Luka was going <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> to have Tirio killed because he was crippled. p. 181-184 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">38. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what happened to Tirio’s mother? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * She killed herself. p. 181 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">39. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, whose deaths does Luka feel guilty for? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * His father, his wife, and his sister Karara p. 186 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">40. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, who is the female jaguar that saved Tirio? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The spirit of Karara p. 191 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">41. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what ceremony doe Tirio and Luka go <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">through together? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Soche seche tente to be accepted as men by the tribe p. 195 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">42. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, what will happen to Luka when Tirio goes back to his life with Sara? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * Luka will have a second wife chosen for him by the Good Gods. p. 205 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">43. In the book __Bringing the Boy Home__, when Tirio returns to the research camp, who also shows up at the camp? <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';"> * The female jaguar p. 209 <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Bringing Home the Boy __ **