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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 does Ron say Daunis will have to learn how to do in Chapter 14?

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

3. Who is Daunis's father?

4. What are "guy lies"?

5. Who does Daunis tell Jamie loved storms in her life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What reputation does the Fontaine family have in the community?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do you think Boulley is attempting to communicate to the reader by making the tribal elders an integral part of Daunis's rescue team at the climax of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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