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1. Why does Christine go to the hospital so often? She drinks too much and has liver damage

2. Who is Elgin? Christine’s husband and Rayona’s father

3. Where does Christine want to go to kill herself? Point Defiance Park

4. Why does Christine get a membership to Village Video? Because it only costs ninety-nine cents

5. What activity does Ida most enjoy around the house? Watching soap operas

6. What group does Rayona join on the reservation? The God Squad

7. Where does Rayona end up going with Father Tom? A rodeo

8. Where does Rayona meet Sky? At the entrance to the state park

9. What job does Rayona get at Bearpaw Lake? Trash collector

10. What does Rayona find on the ground at Bearpaw Lake? A letter

11. Where do Sky and Evelyn take Rayona? A rodeo

12. What happens to Christine on the night the world is supposed to end? She loses her religious faith

13. What obligation does Lee try to avoid that Christine urges him to follow? Serving in Vietnam

14. What do Christine and Elgin first talk about when they meet? The fact that Lee is missing in action

15. What happens at Point Defiance Park? Rayona is conceived, and Elgin proposes to Christine

16. What surprise does Christine get when she returns to the reservation for Lee’s funeral? Christine learns that many people blame her for Lee’s death

17. What news does Christine get at the IHS during her last visit before she takes Rayona to the reservation? She has worn out her liver and pancreas and has about six months to live

18. What does Rayona throw away when she and her mother go to pick up Babe? The letter she finds at Bearpaw Lake

19. What is Ida’s biological relationship to Christine? They are half-sisters and cousins

20. Why is Ida allowed to keep Christine even though Clara is Christine’s real mother? A legal document lists Ida as Christine’s mother

21. Who is Lee’s father? Willard Pretty Dog

22. Who visits Ida’s house on the night the world is supposed to end? Father Hurlburt

23. When Christine moves in with Dayton, what does she find out about him? That he writes poetry

24. When do Rayona and Ellen finally meet? When Ellen comes to eat at Evelyn’s diner

25. Whose place does Rayona take in the rodeo? Foxy’s