Chapter 1
6 Years Old
How old is the narrator?
"Heh-loh" (Hello)
What is the first English word the children learn?
to make more beautiful or attractive
What is adorned?
a traditional Navajo hut made of logs and earth
What is a hogan?
someone who translates one language into another
What is an interpreter?
Kii Yazhi
What is the name of the narrator?
The first rule the children learn at school
What is "they should only speak English or not speak at all"
isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides
What is a mesa?
dull and without color; not cheerful or colorful
What is drab?
surprise attack to commit a crime
What is raid or raiding?
Boarding School
Where was the narrator going?
Rehoboth Mission
What is the name of the bording school?
to make a harsh, grating noise
What is rasp?
a building or area used by a humanitarian or religious group
What is a mission?
to cut
What is shear?
To Learn the ways of the bilagaanaa (White People)
Why was the narrator going to the boarding school?
Mr. O'Sullivan
What is the name of the principal at the boarding school?
connected in some way with a god, creator or spiritual entity
What is sacred?
a group of interrelated families
What is a clan?
having an area of hardened skin
What is calloused?
What is a splinter?
bilagaanaa
What is the Navajo word for white people?
rough or uneven landscape
What is Craggy?
to equip someone with something
to move together
What is herd?