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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 does Gerry ask during his plane ride?
2. How does Zelda look back on taking Redford from his aunts?
3. Shawnee says she feels like she never came down from what?
4. What does Shawnee's father tell her to ask for?
5. What does Lyman hear in the background during his fast?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens during Lipsha's dream that he is prison?
2. What happens after Gerry leaves Lipsha on the side of the road?
3. Why does Lipsha take up an interest in religion?
4. How are Shawnee's performances at the powwow?
5. What happens to Lipsha during his spiritual fast?
6. What do Zelda and Xavier do when the meet in Chapter 23?
7. Describe the memory Shawnee has of her father during the powwow.
8. What advice does Albertine give Lipsha in Chapter 20?
9. What does the police officer say to Mary Fred before he can see her in the shed?
10. Who does Gerry mostly think about in jail?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do family relationships complicate Lipsha's life? Describe some of his family relationships and the struggles they have together. How does Lipsha address these struggles? How do the struggles impact the characters and the plot? What is the author's commentary on family?
Essay Topic 2
After returning home, Lipsha spends most of his time trying to win over Shawnee. Summarize their relationship and describe how the quest for this relationship hurts and helps Lipsha. How does Lipsha develop throughout the novel because of this relationship?
Essay Topic 3
What is a Native American vision quest? Describe the quest Lipsha and Lyman go on. How do each feel about the quest? What happens to each? How do these endings help to further describe Lipsha and Lyman in terms of Native American tradition?
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