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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lee's nickname for Christine?

2. Where do Elgin's parents live?

3. What does Christine's best friend give her as she leaves Seattle?

4. What is the town that Christine goes to with different men from the reservation?

5. Aunt Ida tells Christine that she should leave the reservation and become what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the daring things Christine does when she is growing up?

2. What diagnosis does Christine get after she goes into the hospital for drinking too much?

3. Why does Christine get so angry with Elgin when he comes to return the car keys at the hospital?

4. What does Aunt Ida place Lee's casket during the funeral service?

5. How does Rayona end up winning a prize at the rodeo?

6. How does Rayona describe what happens when Evelyn meets Father Tom?

7. What happens between Father Tom and Rayona on the yellow raft in the lake at Bear Paw State Park?

8. How does it go when Aunt Ida comes to dinner at Dayton's house?

9. Why does Father Tom come to see Christine?

10. Why does Christine never have a second child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss in detail two or three scenes that show the clash of cultures and what impact it has on the characters involved.

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the following characters to discuss the internal struggle between a character's strength and weakness, focusing not only on the character who best exemplifies this struggle, but also has moments of triumph.

Essay Topic 3

How is the theme of perception, both of self and the surrounding world, used in various shadings throughout the novel?

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