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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the next-door neighbor that Bernie calls to come over and sit with her mother until her sister returns home in Chapter 4?
(a) Louisa Bourbonette.
(b) Stella Darkwater.
(c) Eleanor Friedman-Bernal.
(d) Austin Lee.

2. At what elevation is Shiprock, New Mexico said to be at in Chapter 5?
(a) 4,000 feet.
(b) 6,000 feet.
(c) 9,000 feet.
(d) 7,000 feet.

3. What word in Chapter 6 refers to freedom from the endless cycle of personal reincarnations and suffering in Hinduism?
(a) Nirvana.
(b) Hataalii.
(c) Bilagáana.
(d) Dinetah.

4. What is the name of the young man that Bernie’s sister has over to her mother’s house in Chapter 4?
(a) Rocko Delbert.
(b) Austin Lee.
(c) Slim Jacobs.
(d) Charley Zah.

5. In the beginning of Chapter 6, Chee receives a call to come in early to the office because they’ve received what report?
(a) The background report on Jackson Benally.
(b) The toxicology report of Joe Leaphorn.
(c) The fingerprints report on the car.
(d) The criminal history report of Joe Leaphorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is at Leaphorn’s house looking at his computer and files when Bernie arrives there to check for Louisa again in Chapter 4?

2. What location is described in Chapter 6 as “one of the sacred places in the origin stories, the spot where Changing Woman gave birth to the Hero Twins who made the world safe for people”?

3. Who is Bernie’s sister that is described in Chapter 2 as “on the road to becoming a lost young woman”?

4. How far does the narrator say Albuquerque is from Santa Fe in Chapter 5?

5. What does the narrator say Bernie’s Navajo name is in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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