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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The trait that will keep Lipsha out of the army is:
(a) His father's prison record.
(b) His
(c) His irregular heartbeat.
(d) His Kashpaw heritage.

2. Dot's most outstanding characteristic is:
(a) She is an escaped convict.
(b) She is direct.
(c) She never gets angry.
(d) She hates pissants.

3. When Gerry says he will never really have a home, he suggests:
(a) He can not afford a real house.
(b) He does not know where he belongs.
(c) He will always be on the run, so normal life is impossible.
(d) He does not believe anyone will ever love him.

4. Henry's reparation of the car helps him:
(a) Show his family that he is not as damaged as they think he is.
(b) Begin to heal by making sense of something broken.
(c) Earn his keep while living uinder his mother's roof.
(d) Make up for deserting Lyman earlier in the chapter.

5. The incident that convinces Lipsha to make the love medicine is:
(a) When he learns that Nector has been.
(b) When Nector starts.
(c) When Nector enters his.
(d) When he learns that Nector's rare lucid time is spent.

6. Lipsha thinks his love medicine didn't work because:
(a) Nector was destined to be with Lulu.
(b) Nector refused to eat the turkey heart.
(c) It was only a deception.
(d) He couldn't get the blessing of the priest.

7. Lulu gets restitution for her land because:
(a) She demands money in exchange for her home.
(b) She manipulates Nector into helping her.
(c) She gains the sympathy of the tribal council.
(d) She threatens to reveal the fathers of her children.

8. The family does not seek help for Henry's depression because:
(a) The veteran's hospital only medicates patients, and the medicine man wants revenge on Henry's mother.
(b) The veteran's hospital is too far away, and the medicine man thinks Henry is a lost soul.
(c) Henry's mother believes the medicine man is a fake, and they cannot afford the veteran's hospital.
(d) Henry refuses help from anyone.

9. Albertine thinks baby Shawn will be as heavy as any truck load because:
(a) She is being weighed in one of her heavy knit suits.
(b) She is being weighed on a heavy scale.
(c) She is so full of life and energy from both her parents.
(d) She has two very large parents.

10. What final image connects Gordie to June's death?
(a) Gordie's remorse is ironic because he was abusive to June.
(b) He ends up crying and she died happily.
(c) He ends up in the open fields crying, and she died in an open field.
(d) Gordie runs into the woods where he and June used to play as kids.

11. Henry appears to be:
(a) A soldier her father knew.
(b) One of her old family friends.
(c) A good-looking bus driver.
(d) A soldier and a Chippewa.

12. The mood of the city is:
(a) Bustling, dark, and furtive.
(b) Exciting and giddy.
(c) Slow, tired, and deserted.
(d) Fearful and loathsome.

13. Lulu learns of Nector's death when:
(a) Nector chokes on the turkey heart.
(b) Marie visits her.
(c) Lipsha visits her.
(d) Lyman tells her about it.

14. The allusion to the story of Jesus Christ when Henry eats his own blood mixed with bread suggests:
(a) Henry was a sacrifice in the Viet Nam war.
(b) Henry does not have a faith any longer.
(c) Henry believes he will save his people.
(d) Henry will be persecuted for his actions in the war.

15. The cold weather that drives Henry and Lyman back to the reservation after their visit to Alaska foreshadows:
(a) Their fun trip is over.
(b) Lyman's last chance to travel off the reservation.
(c) An unfortunate event is waiting for them at home.
(d) Winter is approaching.

Short Answer Questions

1. Nector yells his prayers in church because he believes:

2. Why does Gordie believe he has brought out June's ghost?

3. The fact that Lyman cannot keep the positions of the North and South Vietnamese soldiers straight implies:

4. Marie's statement that "somebody had to put the tears in your eyes" suggests:

5. Lulu uses the term "dreamstuff" to describe:

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