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Motifs
Addiction
Trauma & Re-memory
"The Name Means Thunder"
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What is the name of Paige's caseworker?

Marla

100

What does Bedogi mean?

Thunder

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What are they all addicted to?

Cigarettes and alcohol

100

How is David’s visual memory limited? 

blind

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Why did Paige’s son suffer terrible seizures?

Methadone withdrawal

200

What did David’s mom do after Bedogi was born?

She didn’t smoke in the house and she stopped drinking


200

What planet does David know the location of other than Earth?

Pluto

200

How does Mom change for the baby?

Alters her addiction patterns 

200

What is Paige’s way of coping with Trauma?

flight/running away

200

Who named Bedogi?

Frick

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What lie does the mom tell after Bedogi’s death?

That she took Bedogi and David with her

300

What color is Marla’s car?

Red

300

What is their treatment for addiction?

Methadone

300

Why can David remember every part of that day?

Because his trauma was so bad

300

Where does Bedogi sleep?

Ash basket

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What does David’s mom tell him to do when she leaves to find Frick and Paige?

Not to open the door

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What did Paige refuse to do after Bedoji’s birth?

Name him

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How does the baby show “addiction”

Needs the baby bottle

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How does the trauma Frick causes Paige carry into this chapter?

He names the baby 

400

What Egyptian plague is seen in this chapter?

Death of first born

500

Who is Jane?

The principal’s secretary at the rez school

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What fear does David develop during the chapter?

The sun will explode

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Where does Frick go when he says he’s going to pick up Paige?

To buy more beer

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How does Talty show traumas relation to loss of time in the chapter?

He changes time frames in the middle of a page

Addiction

500

Where does the name Bedogi originate from?

Panawahpskek

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