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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. Why does Annawake argue that Taylor should be returned to her native tribe?

2. Where does Jax find it easiest to write songs?

3. Where does Alice hear about Turtle's rescue of the man?

4. What animal has the town council in Jackson Hole decided to shoot for not being native to the area?

5. What happens to the money that Taylor finds on her windshield?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Annawake claim that Alice's new found Indian heritage may not help her case to keep Turtle?

4. What changes about Turtle's medical status after her reoccurring stomachaches?

5. Why does Annawake travel to Letty's home after the hog fry?

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

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

8. What startling news does Alice hear while she is attending the stomp dance with Cash?

9. What funny story does Cash tell Alice while she is lying naked on his bed?

10. Who is Boma Mellowbug and what does she see?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Trail of Tears proved to be an important historical moment in the novel. Explain what happened during the Trail of Tears, and how this moment in history directly affected Turtle's story.

Essay Topic 2

Both Alice and Taylor define themselves as being strong-willed women that do not need a man to survive, but both women's opinions of themselves change throughout the course of the novel. Describe the viewpoint that mother and daughter shared about men at the beginning of the novel, and describe how their views about men gradually changed by the end of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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