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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. What do Evie and Lydia do for several days?
(a) They play cards.
(b) They watch Neil Armstrong on television.
(c) They care for their mother.
(d) They ignore their mother's requests.

2. What does Harley tell Pumpkin about his soul?
(a) It is powerful.
(b) It encompasses everyone.
(c) His brother took it when he died.
(d) He can not find it.

3. Why is Lloyd taunting Henry?
(a) Henry trips and falls.
(b) Henry's girlfriend has been unfaithful.
(c) Henry girlfriend leaves him.
(d) Henry stutters.

4. What does Frank remember as he is telling the tale of the tricky spider?
(a) A time when someone is going around killing reservation dogs and coyotes.
(b) A story that he wishes he had told instead.
(c) A part of the story he had left out.
(d) That he forgot his homework at home.

5. What is Mercury's original name?
(a) Red Dress.
(b) Charlene.
(c) Crystal.
(d) Anna.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Crystal admire?

2. Why does Crystal protect the turtle amulet?

3. What does Herod drop in the water as he talks to Wakan Tanka?

4. From where does Herod Small War tell Frank and Harley Christianity comes?

5. Why does Frank not share this story in class?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mercury try to sabotage Charlene's schoolwork?

2. What do the two protagonists have in common?

3. What does Herod visualize about Archie's dream?

4. Why does Anna allow Joyce to marry Clifford?

5. What does Anna tell Crystal regarding her spirit?

6. What does Calvin tell Lydia about his dream?

7. How does Lydia feel about Duane?

8. Why is Crystal an outcast in her tribe?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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