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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 did Lily used to call the blankets she kept in her jeep?

2. Why is Lily ineligible for application to be enrolled in the tribe?

3. What is GrandMary's illness?

4. Why does Daunis not dance at the ceremony at the powwow?

5. How does Jamie say he really got his scar?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Daunis realize she misjudged her Uncle David in Part II?

3. Who is one of Daunis's strongest links to her Native heritage? Why?

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

5. Why does Travis kill Lily?

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

7. Why does Daunis decide to stay home to attend college for a while rather than go away?

8. What does Daunis think when she first meets Jamie Johnson?

9. What theory does the FBI have about the compound in the really dangerous meth it has found months earlier?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Daunis feel about attending the female-only Native ceremony for women who are victims of sexual abuse and assault at the end of the novel? What does she learn from this experience? 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

How does Daunis really feel about having decided to attend college closer to home, and how do these feelings compare to how she tells those closest to her she feels about this decision? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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