GATHERING BLUE Study Questions - Mrs. Sanders



GATHERING BLUE Study Questions

Answer the following questions as you read. Jot down page numbers and even quotations as appropriate. That way, during discussions, you can refer back to the novel.

CHAPTER 1

1. What has happened to Kira’s mother?

2. What ritual does Kira perform in order to mourn her mother’s death?

3. What challenges does Kira face now that her mother is gone?

4. What happens when Kira returns to the village?

CHAPTER 2

1. Who is Vandara? What is she trying to do to Kira?

2. What talent does Kira have?

CHAPTER 3

1. Where is Kira told to go the day after she returns to the village? Why?

2. What is the Ruin Song?

3. What is Kira accused of?

CHAPTER 4

1. Who helps Kira through the trial?

2. How does Jamison treat Kira?

3. What is the one thread color Kira’s mother could not make?

4. What is so special about the scrap in Kira’s pocket?

5. When did Kira first realize her gift?

CHAPTER 5

1. What is the outcome of the trial?

2. What does the council offer Kira?

3. Who is Matt?

CHAPTER 6

1. Describe Kira’s new room.

2. How is Kira able to comfort herself in such an unfamiliar environment?

CHAPTER 7

1. Who is Thomas?

2. How did Thomas’ parents die?

3. What talent does Thomas have?

CHAPTER 7 continued

4. In order to complete the Singer’s robes, what does Kira need to learn?

5. Who is going to teach Kira?

CHAPTER 8

1. According to Annabelle, what does Kira need to learn first, before learning to dye thread?

2. How does one make blue?

CHAPTER 9

1. How does Thomas help Kira with learning dyes?

2. What does Kira ask Jamison for?

3. What do Thomas and Kira discover about their talents that they have in common?

4. Where is Matt going with the men? Why does this scare Kira?

CHAPTER 10

1. What does Kira do to Matt after she and Thomas remove him from the hunt?

CHAPTER 11

1. What scares Kira as she travels to visit Annabelle on her own?

2. How does Annabelle comfort Kira from her fears?

3. Why does Kira want to believe in the beast in the woods?

CHAPTER 12

1. What does Kira call the color blue?

2. What sound does Kira hear in the night?

CHAPTER 13

1. When they investigate the noise, what do Kira and Thomas discover it was?

2. What does Kira discover that she, Jo, and Thomas have in common?

3. What does Jamison say to Kira about the beasts?

CHAPTER 14

1. What does Kira learn about Jo’s singing?

2. What has happened to Annabelle?

3. Who does Kira discover was with Annabelle when she died?

CHAPTER 15

1. What does Jamison tell Kira she can do, after her work at the Council Edifice is done?

2. How are Kira and Thomas able to visit Jo?

CHAPTER 16

1. How does Thomas tell Jo to communicate with Kira and Thomas in case of an emergency?

2. After visiting with Jo, when back in her own room, what does Kira realize about her new life?

CHAPTER 17

1. Describe the Fen.

2. What does Kira mean when she says, “Maybe we can make [the Fen] different”?

3. Matt has been missing for several days. Where has he gone?

CHAPTER 18

1. What is the purpose of the Singer, the robe, and the staff?

2. What design must Kira weave into the robe?

CHAPTER 19

1. Where are Jo, Kira, and Thomas during the ceremony?

2. What do Kira and Thomas hear during the ceremony?

CHAPTER 20

1. What has Kira realized through her study sessions with Thomas?

CHAPTER 20 continued

2. What gifts does Matt bring?

3. What are the people like where Matt visits?

CHAPTER 21

1. What is Matt’s “big giftie”?

CHAPTER 22

1. What does Kira discover about the stranger? What happened to him?

2. Why hasn’t he returned earlier to Katrina and Kira?

CHAPTER 23

1. What connection do you think exists between the orphans (Jo, Kira, and Thomas) and Jamison?

2. What does Kira realize about the Singer during the ceremony?

3. What does Matt tell Kira about the difference in her village and the one Christopher is from?

CHAPTER 23 continued

4. How does Kira believe she can change the future? Why?

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