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1. What is the conflict or problem in
this story?• A man and his wife quarrel, and the
woman leaves in anger.
2. Why does the spirit want to slow
the angry woman’s steps?
• A spirit tries to slow the woman down so her husband can catch up to her.
3. What does the spirit do to help the man?• The spirit tries to help the man catch up by
making the woman slow down, presenting her with first huckleberries, then all the other berries, then the blooms of all the trees of the forest.
5. Why is the man unable to overtake his wife?• The man cannot overtake his wife
because her anger causes her to walk very fast.
7. Why does the spirit decide to create a new fruit?
• The spirit decides to create a new fruit that grows close to the ground so the woman will stop walking and forget her anger.
8. Why do the strawberries make the woman slow down?
• The woman crushes the strawberries under her feet as she walks, releasing a pleasant scent. She stops to look at the berries she has never seen before.
Plot
• The sequence of events in a story, novel, or play.
• A plot includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Reveals the final outcome and completes the falling action; when the reader learns how the conflict is resolved.
• Resolution
The problem or struggle in a story.
• ConflictInternal- character vs. himself
External- character vs. outside force