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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 beverage do Jax and Annawake drink together while looking at the stars?

2. When does Annawake promise to return to see Taylor and Turtle?

3. After leaving Vegas, where do the women stop next?

4. Where are Turtle's adoption papers drawn up?

5. Which of the following words best describes Turtle's emotional state at the time of the run?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annawake describe Alice to Letty, and what is Letty's response?

2. How does Franklin Turnbo feel about Annawake's desire to return Turtle to the Native American community?

3. Why is Taylor fastening a boom box into a tree when Annawake arrives on her property?

4. What is the response to hearing Jax read Annawake's letter to them while they are doing laundry at the laundromat?

5. How does Alice figure out that Turtle is Cash's granddaughter?

6. What conversation does Jax have with Gundi after he opens the certified letter from Annawake?

7. Why does Alice begin to feel romantically attracted to Cash Stillwater?

8. How does Alice respond to Jax's worry that Taylor does not truly love him?

9. What does Taylor do for work now that Barbie has gone missing?

10. How does Sugar explain the Trail of Tears to Alice?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The varying forms of relationship status in romantic relationships becomes a large theme in the novel. Explain how definition in Taylor's relationship with Jax, and Alice's relationship with Cash changed during the course of Turtle's custody battle, and why those changes were important to the fight they all were partaking in.

Essay Topic 2

The luck of the Native American people comes to the forefront of the novel, as the tribe believes in luck as a driving force to their survival. Explain the ways that the Native American tribe portrayed in this novel can be seen as both a lucky and an unlucky tribe of people.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the novel, both Taylor and Annawake clash over what is best for Turtle's future. Explain the arguments that both women had for Turtle's custody, and then explain how it was actually two cultures, rather than two women, fighting for the best of the child.

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