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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 Alex say is Cassie's only character flaw?

2. What did Cassie and Connor steal together?

3. Why does William Flying Horse believe he has lost his sense of direction while driving in Chapter One?

4. What vision did Will see on his vision quest?

5. How does Cassie's mother feel about snow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Alex and Ophelia.

2. Why is Cassie addicted to dime store romances and embarrassed by this?

3. Why does Cassie become an anthropologist?

4. What is the significance of the Eskimo Indian legend in Chapter Ten?

5. How does Cassie start to realize that Alex is attempting to control her life in Chapter Seven?

6. Describe William Flying Horse's experience as a half-Sioux person.

7. What does Miranda represent in Chapter Seven?

8. How does Cassie feel towards Alex when he first takes her back to their Malibu apartment in Chapter Four?

9. Describe the ramifications of the Sioux penalty for adultery as described in Chapter Two.

10. What is Cassie's impression of Alex in Chapter Seven?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was Cassie wise or foolish to throw the Tylenol out the window and trust in tribal healing beliefs and why? If baby Connor had not gotten better after she threw out the medicine, what impact would that have had on the story? Are the Sioux rituals in the story meant to represent something or are they meant to get the reader to be more open-minded about different belief systems?

Essay Topic 2

Explain how Cassie, Alex and Will each identify themselves within the world around them. Be sure to consider the venues they choose to live in, or not live in.

Essay Topic 3

Cassie's amnesia allows her to view Alex from the perspective of someone who's never met him before, that is, until her memory returns. Yet she follows the same patterns of behavior as she did before and accepts her abuse until she realizes that he might hurt her unborn child.

1) Is Cassie destined to find herself in an abusive relationship due to her childhood?

2) What benefit does she gain from their relationship?

3) Will she be able to have a meaningful relationship with Will?

Support your answers with specific examples.

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