Quiz Sisters of the Lost Nation Nick Medina

Sisters of the Lost Nation: 20-Question Quiz on Plot, Characters, and Themes

Plot and Sequence Questions (1–8) 1. On Day 1, what does Anna find on the new asphalt?

  • A. A dead raccoon

  • B. A squashed bullfrog

  • C. A missing-person poster

  • D. A dollar-store doll 2. What object does Anna find under the bed in suite 808 that fills her with panic? 3. Which of the following correctly orders events from Day 34?

  • A. Anna confronts Fox, then reviews security footage, then calls Luke.

  • B. Anna reviews security footage, then confronts Fox, then calls Luke.

  • C. Anna calls Luke, then confronts Fox, then reviews footage.

  • D. Anna confronts Fox, then calls Luke, then reviews footage. 4. How many days was Grace missing before she returned? 5. What does Anna find in Miss Shelby’s trailer that gives her a way to stop the rolling head?

  • A. A rifle

  • B. A handwritten story

  • C. A map

  • D. A key 6. What happens to Fox at the end of the novel? 7. Who killed Paul Albert?

  • A. Claude LeBlanc

  • B. Fox Ballard

  • C. Anna

  • D. Robbie 8. What does Anna do with the handwritten books she takes from Miss Shelby’s trailer?

Character Motivation Questions (9–13) 9. Why does Anna decide to clean suite 808 despite her fear?

  • A. To earn extra money

  • B. To find evidence about Grace

  • C. To impress Fox

  • D. To avoid school 10. Why does Grace agree to meet Fox at the hotel? 11. Why does Fox recruit young women for Claude LeBlanc?

  • A. For money and status

  • B. Because he is forced

  • C. To help them

  • D. To protect them 12. Why does Anna burn her wrist with a cigarette? 13. Why does Anna confront Russ McPhail in the school hallway?

  • A. Because he was involved in the prank with the phone number

  • B. Because he bullied her sister

  • C. Because he stole her locker

  • D. Because he spread rumors about Grace

Theme and Symbol Questions (14–17) 14. What does the frog symbolize in the novel?

  • A. Transformation

  • B. Death

  • C. Luck

  • D. Fear 15. What does the eighth floor of the hotel represent? 16. What does the unfinished bracelet symbolize?

  • A. The interrupted bond between sisters

  • B. A gift for Grace

  • C. A sign of friendship

  • D. A token of love 17. What does the rolling head represent?

Synthesis Questions (18–20) 18. How does Anna’s understanding of the Tale of Two Sisters parallel Grace’s disappearance and return? 19. In what ways does the novel critique the treatment of missing Indigenous women? 20. Is the rolling head real or a product of Anna’s imagination? Justify your answer.

Answer Key

1. B. On Day 1, Anna stops at a purple smear on the new asphalt—a squashed bullfrog, the thirteenth such casualty that week.

2. Strawberry lip balm. Anna finds it under the bed in suite 808, and it triggers panic because she recognizes it as Grace’s.

3. D. On Day 34, Anna confronts Fox in the supply closet, then calls Luke Fisher, and then reviews security footage with Luke.

4. 379 days. The epilogue states Grace returned after 379 days, found on a road 1,076 miles away.

5. B. Anna finds a handwritten story on mildew-streaked paper in Miss Shelby’s trailer that explains how to stop the rolling head.

6. Fox is apprehended by tribal police and confesses to his role in recruiting women for Claude LeBlanc and to killing Paul Albert.

7. B. Fox admits he killed Paul Albert with a dumbbell when Albert threatened to go to the police.

8. She stores them in acid-free boxes in the community center’s storage room, preserving them for the future resource center.

9. B. Anna cleans suite 808 to search for evidence about Grace’s disappearance, despite her fear of Fox and the eighth floor.

10. Grace is manipulated by Fox, who offers her attention and a drink; she also wants to feel noticed and escape her family’s tensions.

11. A. Fox recruits young women for Claude LeBlanc in exchange for money and status, exploiting his position at the hotel.

12. Anna burns her wrist with a cigarette to steady herself and distract from the emotional pain of Grace’s disappearance.

13. A. Anna confronts Russ McPhail because he was involved in the prank that scrawled her family’s phone number in the boys’ restroom, targeting Grace.

14. A. Miss Shelby taught Anna that Frog symbolized transformation, and Anna recalls this when she sees squashed frogs on the road.

15. The eighth floor represents danger, exploitation, and the hidden world of sex trafficking—the VIP suites where women are brought for abuse.

16. A. The unfinished bracelet symbolizes the interrupted bond between Anna and Grace; Grace was making it for Anna before she disappeared.

17. The rolling head represents the consequences of violence and exploitation, as well as the power of tribal stories to explain and process trauma.

18. In the Tale of Two Sisters, the younger sister disobeys, gets hurt, becomes a rolling head, and is eventually restored. Grace disobeys Anna’s warning, is taken, and eventually returns. Anna sees her sister’s story mirrored in the tale, giving her hope and guilt.

19. The novel critiques the systemic neglect of missing Indigenous women by showing jurisdictional failures, law enforcement bias, and the community’s lack of resources. Sheriff Barnett dismisses the missing girls, while tribal police are underfunded and limited in their authority.

20. The novel leaves the rolling head ambiguous. Anna chooses to believe in it, using the story as a way to make sense of the violence and to keep searching. Whether real or imagined, it functions as a symbol of the unresolved grief and the need for justice.

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