Worksheet
on 'Indian Camp' by Ernest Hemingway
Vocabulary from the text
the
lake shore = la rive du lac
a
rowboat = un canot
to
row = ramer
the
stern = l'arrière, la poupe
the
mist = la brume
the
beach = la plage
a
shanty (pl. shanties) = une baraque
bark
= écorce d'un arbre
to
peel = peler, écorcer
a
wooden bunk = une couchette de bois
she
screamed = elle cria, hurla
a
quilt = un édredon, une couette
an
axe = une hache
a
stove = un poêle
a
kettle = une bouilloire
a
basin = une cuvette, un lavabo
a
handkerchief = un mouchoir
to
slap = gifler
to
breathe = respirer
stitches
= des points (de suture)
to
sew up = recoudre
peroxide
= eau oxygénée
gut
leaders = fil de pêche en boyau
a
blanket = une couverture
his
throat = sa gorge
to
tip = pencher
a
bass = une perche (poisson)
chill
= la fraîcheur, le froid
Sum up the short-story (50
words)
How do the following
characters relate to each other?
Nick is ...
The doctor is ...
Uncle George is ...
What do we learn about their personalities?
True or false? Please quote
from the text (page/line)
1- Two white men have come to
an Indian camp to offer the Indians cigars.
2- The story starts on a cold
winter morning.
3- The way to the camp is an
easy one.
4- The Indians live in recent
buildings with all modern conveniences.
5- All the Indians are
gathered around the squaw.
6- The squaw's companion hurt
himself with a knife three days before.
7- Nick's father brought
several utensils including anaesthetic.
8- Giving birth is no easy
task because the woman keeps screaming.
9- The squaw bit the doctor's
foot.
10- The doctor has Nick watch
the sewing up of the incision.
11- The woman's companion has
been murdered by one of the Indians present.
12- They all decided to go
fishing after the tragedy.
Who/what do the following
pronouns refer to?
(p 148 / l 15) "I don't hear them because they are not
important"
(p 149 / l 8 ) "slapped
it to make it breathe and handed it
to the old woman"
(p 149 / l 27) "I'll put some peroxide on that George"
(p 150 / l 32) "He
couldn't stand things, I guess"
(p 150 / l 9) "They are usually the worst sufferers in these little affairs"
(p 151 / l 26) "He felt quite sure that he
would never die"
Correspondences
What does the axe accident foreshadow?
What does the woman's incision echo?
What does the mist of the beginning symbolise?
What does the sun coming up represent?
What does the father's suicide add to the story?
Identify, compare, oppose and
justify the following verbal forms
(p 147 / l 26) "She had been trying to have
her baby for two days"
(p 147 / l 27) "All the old women in the
camp had been helping her"
(p 147 / l 27) "The men had moved off"
(p 147 / l 33) "He had cut his foot very
badly with an axe three days before"
(p 147 / l 34) "He was smoking a pipe"
(p 147 / l 34) "The room smelled very
bad"
Which is the main theme of
this short-story: LIFE or DEATH?