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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. Where does Daunis go with Ron and Jamie in Chapter 14?

2. How much did Levi tell Daunis each adult tribal member gets paid in per capita payments?

3. In Chapter 18, how old does Jamie tell Daunis he is?

4. Where does Daunis go with TJ's grandfather in Chapter 16?

5. In Chapter 12, what do Jamie and Ron ask Daunis to do with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daunis need to learn how to make meth?

2. Why does Travis kill Lily?

3. What personal information does Jamie share with Daunis in Part II that she tells him it would be better if he kept to himself?

4. What tradition does Daunis's community follow when Lily dies?

5. Why are Levi and Daunis siblings that are only about 3 months apart in age?

6. Why does Granny June give Daunis Lily's Jeep?

7. What does Daunis do with Granny June almost every day in Part II?

8. In Part II, why is Daunis so mad at Jamie at first?

9. What does Daunis do on an almost daily basis to be healthy and calm?

10. What is one major source of tension between Daunis and GrandMary?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

From the beginning of the novel, what are the most devastating impacts on Daunis personally from the rise in methamphetamine production and use in and around Sault Ste. Marie? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What role models of strong female native characters does Boulley develop throughout this novel, and how do these characters grow, change and evolve over the course of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What tensions and resentments exist between Levi Jr. and Daunis that Daunis seems unaware of until Boulley reveals Levi's true role in the methamphetamine ring? What role does Daunis's Fontaine family money play in the relationship between herself and Levi? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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