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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. When Lonnie is messing around with someone at her work, where does she go to work next in 1999?
2. Where does Araceli go after Jimena and Ever's daughter is born?
3. In 1999, what does Lonnie start doing for Sissy in the morning when Lonnie is working at McDonald's?
4. What does Araceli's grandmother give her to drink when she arrives after Jimena and Ever's daughter is born?
5. How long ago did Jasper Geimausaddle, Ever's great-grandfather and a medicine man, pass away?
Short Essay Questions
1. What type of party do Sissy and her friends have after her graduation?
2. At the wedding, what are Sissy's thoughts when the minister says, "Speak now or forever hold your peace" (130)?
3. What is Lonnie's history?
4. What problems do Araceli and her grandparents have when they try to enter the U.S. from Mexico?
5. How did Ever get a regular discharge from the Army?
6. How are Ever and Jimena treated when they come back to the U.S. from visiting his grandparents in Mexico?
7. How does Lonnie's family react when she tells them she is getting married?
8. How does Araceli know Jimena?
9. What signs are there that Lonnie is doing meth after Ever has been in South Korea a couple months?
10. After Sissy's graduation party, why does Sissy kick Lonnie out of the house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Calling for a Blanket Dance? How does the way that 12 first-person narrators are used influence what readers know about events and characters? How does following different characters help readers connect with and understand characters, especially Ever?
Essay Topic 2
Ever and Lonnie meet on a cruise night in Tahlequah. Why does their relationship fail?
Essay Topic 3
In 1995, Turtle distances herself from her children. How and why does Turtle distance herself from her children?
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