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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to the Third World in Sani's creation story?
(a) The Holy People set fire to it.
(b) The Holy People set terrible storms on it.
(c) Nothing - it is a perfect world.
(d) A Water Monster floods it.

2. How does Moth tell Sani he tells stories?
(a) In pieces.
(b) As if he does not really know how the story will end.
(c) The same way she thinks he would dance - sure, full, and alive.
(d) Like he was born to do it.

3. What is the capital of the Navajo Nation?
(a) Window Rock.
(b) Rindino.
(c) Bear's Ears.
(d) Hellion.

4. Where does Sani first tell Moth his creation story?
(a) The lake.
(b) The first campsite.
(c) Motel #1.
(d) The mountain trail.

5. What does Moth think kissing Sani feels like?
(a) Reading a great book.
(b) Home.
(c) Lollipops.
(d) A song.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which world do the First Man and First Woman end up settling on in Sani's creation story?

2. What does Sani say the white feather smells like in Part III?

3. Where do Moth and Sani stop that reminds Moth powerfully of her mother?

4. What does Sani tell Moth in Part III will hurt him when it eventually happens with her?

5. What do Moth and Sani visit in Canyon State Park?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does kissing Sani fee like to Moth above all other wonderful things?

2. What does Moth tell Sani the ancestors gave her in answer to her prayers?

3. How does Moth's and Sani's relationship develop while they are on their roadtrip?

4. What does Sani tell Moth he will do for this one summer with her?

5. What is special about the Fourth World in Sani's story?

6. Why do the people in Sani's creation story move from world to world?

7. What are both Moth's and Sani's favorite lyric from "Summer Song" in Part IV?

8. What does Sani's father implore him to do in Part IV, he says, for his own good?

9. What does Sani appear to take his pills for?

10. Why does the Water Monster in Sani's Third World rain such sadness?

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