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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 is Daunis's Native American heritage?

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

3. In Chapter 14, what does Ron ask Daunis to consider doing to strengthen her ties with the tribe?

4. In Chapter 5, where do Daunis and Lily throw their party?

5. Who do the FBI agents tell Daunis was helping them before in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Why does Travis kill Lily?

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

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

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

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

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 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 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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