Forty Words for Sorrow - Setting
1. In what country does the story take place? In what province?2. When does the story take place?
3. Where is Katie Pine's body found?
4. What kind of climate is it throughout the book? How does this affect the story?
5. Over how long does the story take place?
1. The story takes place in Ontario, Canada.
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3. Katie Pine's body was found in a mineshaft on Windigo Island, which is why the killer was named "the Windigo".
4. Throughout the novel, the climat was constantly cold and late-winter. There was always snow on the ground, which symbolizes the struggle that John Cardinal and his team went through during the investigation and how the case was frozen in place.
5. The story takes place over the course of at least one month, since it began in February and there was snow on the ground during the whole story.
-Bridget
For question 1, in specifics, the story is set in Algonquin Bay just outside of Toronto.
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