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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is described on Bernie’s journey in Chapter 6 as “the little settlement west of Farmington”?
(a) Fruitland.
(b) Toadlena.
(c) Cuba.
(d) Crownpoint.

2. Where does Chee say Leaphorn has been transferred to a different hospital when he calls her at her mother’s house in Chapter 4?
(a) Santa Fe.
(b) Toadlena.
(c) Shiprock.
(d) Albuquerque.

3. What does the narrator say Bernie’s Navajo name is in Chapter 2?
(a) Spider Woman.
(b) Spider’s Daughter.
(c) Coyote Child.
(d) Laughing Girl.

4. 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”?
(a) Crownpoint.
(b) Toadlena.
(c) Huerfano Mesa.
(d) Cuba.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What pet does Bernie take from Leaphorn’s house in Chapter 4?

2. Joe Leaphorn is described in Chapter 1 as a retired police lieutenant of what force?

3. What is the name of the hospital that Bernie goes to in order to visit Leaphorn in Chapter 6?

4. Where does Bernie’s mother live in the novel?

5. What word from Chapter 4 is the Navajo word referring to traditional healers and doctors?

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