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Reading Check
1. What crop does Nathan plant for his science project?
2. What piece of jewelry allows Nathan to communicate with the water monster?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why does Nathan decide to spend the summer with Nali?
2. Why is Nali angry with Uncle Jet when he arrives at her mobile home?
3. What deal does Nathan make with the water monster during their first meeting?
Paired Resource
“See What Canyon Life Is Like for a Navajo Pageant Winner”
Reading Check
1. What message does the water monster have for Nali?
2. What does Uncle Jet give to Nathan on the day of the diagnosis meetings?
3. What is making Pond sick?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. What does the sand painting reveal to Darkness in Chapter 8?
2. What do the Holy Beings call the vengeful entity that latched onto Uncle Jet, and how was this entity formed?
3. What do the Holy Beings ask Nathan to do at the end of Pond’s diagnosis meeting, and what do they offer him in exchange?
Paired Resource
“Church Rock, America’s Forgotten Nuclear Disaster, Is Still Poisoning Navajo Lands 40 Years Later”
Reading Check
1. What does Pond need to teach Nathan before Nathan can journey to the Third World?
2. Which Holy Being helps Nathan reclaim his stolen wrist guard?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. Why does Nathan try to get out of going to the Third World, and what changes his mind?
2. Why do Nali and Uncle Jet fight in Chapter 20, and how does the fight end?
3. Why does Nali become upset and take Nathan’s bow guard?
Paired Resource
“Aslan Tudor & Kelly Tudor on Young Water Protectors & Young Native Activist”
Reading Check
1. What does Nathan sell to pay Uncle Jet’s bail?
2. Which other character can sense Holy Beings?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. How does Nathan convince his father that the Holy Beings are real and persuade Nali to let him go to the Third World?
2. What does Nathan have to promise Nali before she returns the bow guard?
Paired Resource
Reading Check
1. How many obstacles does Nathan face on his way to Mother Water Monster?
2. Mother Water Monster says that the rock contains medicine for Pond. What is the rock really?
3. Which Holy Being appears in the form of a butterfly to comfort Nathan after Pond’s death?
Short Answer
Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.
1. What does Nathan dream about in Chapter 30, and how does he overcome this obstacle?
2. What is Nathan’s last promise to Pond?
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