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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. In Chapter 18, where does Daunis have a hard time going in without Lily?

2. What is the name of the elite hockey team Levi Jr. is the captain of?

3. What does Jamie tell Daunis is the term for making sure your cover story checks out?

4. What are people saying about the new hockey player, Jamie Johnson, in Chapter 3?

5. What does Jamie give to Daunis in Chapter 14 that she throws back at him when she is done?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ron propose that Jamie and Daunis do in Part II as part of their investigation cover?

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

4. Why do Lily and Daunis understand each other so well?

5. How does Daunis figure out Jamie works for the FBI?

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

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

8. What surprises Daunis about Levi's reaction to the news that she and Jamie are dating?

9. Why does Teddie not want Daunis to come to the Blanket Party with her?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Boulley develop some of the contradictions in the positive and negative impact the "per cap" payments from the casino have on the native population in Daunis's community? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What are some of Daunis's most conflicted feelings about her grandmother, "GrandMary" Fontaine? How does Boulley use the relationship between Daunis and GarndMary to highlight some of the difficulties of being mixed-race white and Native American? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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