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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. Who is Luke?
2. What does death seem to be to Kope'mah?
3. What does Set feel as he accepts the medicine bundle?
4. Who raped Grey?
5. Who does Grey live with?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Set's first real notion of the infinite?
2. What passion did Grey acquire from Perfecto Atole?
3. Why does Billy the Kid visit Grey while she tends the dying Kope'mah?
4. At the Mottledmares', Set has a dream that he is deprived of a power that seems to him important. What does he dream he cannot do?
5. How does Set define art as he struggles with his reflection in the mirror?
6. Dwight Dicks and his son Murphy are discussing an event, and there is a menace among their words. What event are they discussing in Chapter Eighteen of Book One and why is there menace?
7. What comes to nothing in Chapter Twenty of Book One? Why does everything feel pointless to Set as he considers his pilgrimage home?
8. Set is taught in school that art is resistance. But he doesn't believe it. How does Set define art?
9. What does Set think is the most wonderful of God's creations?
10. The bear comes forth in planes, Dog is seen by Grey as standing in a plane, and Set's mind is perceived in planes. What are planes in this context?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Names play an important role in this story. Describe the significance of names in this story, paying particular attention to the unnamed boy and Grey's bestowal of names on herself and Dog. Use quotations from the book to support your idea.
Essay Topic 2
Both Set and Grey express themselves through art: Set as a painter and Grey as a writer. Write an essay analyzing the way each expresses himself or herself as it changes through the story. As you catalog the changes, determine whether you think each will continue to practice their painting and writing in the future. If so, do you think they will share their work with others? What do you make of the fact that their great-great grandson is an artist, a maker of shields?
Essay Topic 3
Consider this story from another character's point of view. Briefly write a narrative including the main facts in this story from the point of view of Jason, Dr. Merriman, or Lola Bourne.
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