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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. How many weeks does Leander spend in a mental hospital before he can see Ever again after almost jumping off a roof?

3. In 2008, what tribe is a boy from who is an OKC Crip who angers Leander?

4. About how many people come to Sissy's graduation party?

5. Where is Ever stationed in 1999?

Short Essay Questions

1. What signs are there that Lonnie is doing meth after Ever has been in South Korea a couple months?

2. What problems do Araceli and her grandparents have when they try to enter the U.S. from Mexico?

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

4. Why is Sissy busy in 1999?

5. Who plans Lonnie and Ever's wedding?

6. What do Jimena and Ever do to try to heal their baby in utero?

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

8. What is Lonnie's history?

9. After Sissy's graduation party, why does Sissy kick Lonnie out of the house?

10. Why does Araceli say that she stops claiming Ever as a cousin?

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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