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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. When was the author's great-great-great-grandmother born?
(a) 1860s.
(b) 1820s.
(c) 1880s.
(d) 1840s.

2. What did Richard and the author play while camping?
(a) Dice.
(b) 20 questions.
(c) Bocce.
(d) Cards.

3. What was the author researching for her thesis?
(a) The women of her family.
(b) Skagit River.
(c) PTSD.
(d) The Seattle punk scene.

4. After leaving Brandon, what was the one object in the house where the author stayed?
(a) A wooden altar.
(b) A coffee table.
(c) An easel.
(d) A small statue of a frog.

5. Where did Aunt Susie say she found her power?
(a) The longhouse.
(b) The mountain.
(c) The river.
(d) Her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Comptia use to decorate her arms?

2. Where did Comptia sleep after she married?

3. Who held the author's hand at the doctor's when she got back from Hawaii?

4. What Joy Division song did the author listen to after her fight with Brandon?

5. What is it called when a Coast Salish marriage ends?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made the author think of her Uncle Ron?

2. How did the author feel about the trip to Hawaii with Brandon's family?

3. How did the author's friends from Seattle respond to visiting her new home?

4. What did burying the fetus make the author think of?

5. How did the author's great-grandmother lose her house?

6. What did that author think was the good thing about being homeless at 33?

7. What agreement did Richard and the author reach about their relationship?

8. What does a burning ceremony involve?

9. Why did Comptia's husband need to go to court?

10. In the weeks after she learned that she was pregnant, what did the author do?

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