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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Margaret wake in the middle of the night?
(a) He nephew wakes her up.
(b) She hears a loud noise.
(c) Her sister shakes her awake.
(d) She believes she has visitors.

2. When does Anna meet Clive?
(a) In a nursing home.
(b) Shortly after he is discharged from the Army.
(c) In elementary school.
(d) While they are both in the Army.

3. For whom is the corn soup?
(a) Michael Jackson.
(b) Mia Michaels.
(c) Luther Vandross.
(d) Luther Faribault.

4. How does this chapter open?
(a) At a powwow.
(b) In Jeannette McVay's eighth grade social studies classroom when Harley is thirteen.
(c) High school graduation.
(d) At Charlene's house.

5. How does Crystal help her mother-in-law, who has arthritis?
(a) She cleans for her.
(b) She cooks for her.
(c) She paints her nails for her.
(d) She plaits her hair for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what does Henry hallucinate?

2. What is surprising about Herod's reaction to the female grass dancer?

3. What does Harley tell Pumpkin about his soul?

4. What happens when Crystal is five?

5. What do the sisters do after their mother's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Harley meet on his vision guest?

2. What happens to Pumpkin?

3. What does Crystal think about Martin's artistic abilities?

4. What causes Luther Faribault to climb on Mercury's roof?

5. What is the critical junction in Harley's life?

6. What do the two protagonists have in common?

7. How does Red Dress relate to the white culture?

8. Why does Anna allow Joyce to marry Clifford?

9. How does Charlene respond when her mother tells her that her father believes her to be stillborn?

10. What is special about Margaret's grandmother's dress?

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