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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. How long does Turtle plan to stay with Lila after Sissy's graduation from nurse's training?

2. What are the names of the priests who pray with Jimena when she is pregnant?

3. When Araceli crosses the border with her grandparents in 2005, how long are she and her grandparents forced to wait in a small room?

4. What drug does Sissy catch Lonnie with in 1999 and then kicks her out of the house?

5. Where is Quinton doing disaster relief in 2003?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lonnie's family react when she tells them she is getting married?

2. Why does Quinton not help Ever do security at the powwow in 2003?

3. At the wedding, what are Sissy's thoughts when the minister says, "Speak now or forever hold your peace" (130)?

4. Why was Leander in juvenile detention when he met Ever?

5. How are Ever and Jimena treated when they come back to the U.S. from visiting his grandparents in Mexico?

6. What does Leander draw when he attends a meeting to see if he can attend Eisenhower High?

7. Why is Sissy busy in 1999?

8. Who plans Lonnie and Ever's wedding?

9. What does Leander do one morning when Ever is upset that Leander is taking too long to go to his GED class?

10. What signs does Sissy see that Lonnie might be unfaithful to her brother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ever makes a visit to his father in 1990. How successful is the visit? What does the visit reveal about their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various sections told? How does each section add information? How does the use of multiple viewpoints allow Hokeah to use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important information about Ever to readers?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the place and time where a narrative takes place. What is the setting in Calling for a Blanket Dance? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

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