The Night Watchman Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

Whom did Valentine name her baby after? (from Pages 391 - 444)

The baby’s father.

Thomas Wazhashk.

Wood Mountain’s father.

Her father.

2.

Why is it so significant that Wood Mountain is making a cradle board for the baby? (from Pages 251 - 301)

Wood Mountain, though not wealthy, has much more than the Paranteaus.

The baby’s father traditionally makes it, so Wood Mountain is taking on that role.

The baby’s mother traditionally makes it, so Wood Mountain is giving up on Vera.

Cradle board traditions vary, and Wood Mountain’s are different from the Paranteaus’.

3.

Why was Zhaanat kept from going to a government boarding school? (from Pages 1 - 59)

To protect her from the violence of the world outside the reservation.

Girls were not sent to the government schools.

Her parents could not afford it.

To ensure that the assimilationist school did not erase her inherited knowledge.

4.

Why is Harry Roy presumably familiar with Vera’s symptoms? (from Pages 251 - 301)

He studied psychology after retiring from the army.

Edith is psychic and lets him know.

He has known abused women in the past.

He has treated soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder.

5.

What does Thomas particularly prize about Chippewa stories that is lacking in the Book of Mormon? (from Pages 353 - 390)

Morality.

Humor.

Entertainment.

Fluidity.

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