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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 term in Chapter 3 is the Navajo name for white people?
(a) Dinetah.
(b) Bilagáana.
(c) Hataalii.
(d) Nirvana.

2. How many times before does the narrator say Bernie had been to Santa Fe in Chapter 6?
(a) 5.
(b) Countless times.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. What is Leonard Nez’s nickname in the novel?
(a) Lizard.
(b) Nezzie.
(c) Lenny.
(d) Leo.

4. What does Bernie not find in Louisa’s room in Chapter 2?
(a) A suitcase.
(b) Empty hangers.
(c) A bed.
(d) Shoes.

5. Where does Louisa say she’s going for a conference in Chapter 5?
(a) Houston, Texas.
(b) Dallas, Texas.
(c) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(d) Memphis, Tennessee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the young man that Bernie’s sister has over to her mother’s house in Chapter 4?

2. How far will Bernie be driving to visit Joe Leaphorn (each way) at the hospital in Chapter 5?

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

4. What is Chee’s Navajo name translated to English, according to Bernie in Chapter 4?

5. What does Bernie cook for her mother when she visits in Chapter 4?

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