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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 did the author's people weave garments out of?

2. What did Brandon tell the author about the song she was going to sing on?

3. Aside from Deputy Hawk, what was the first time the author saw an Indigenous character on screen?

4. What did the author's mother pour into the fire at the burning ceremony?

5. How did Comptia's family die?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the author complained about her marriage to Brandon, how did her mother respond?

2. What was special for the author and Brandon about their weekends when his parents were away?

3. What did Brandon say about the women in the author's family?

4. How did the author feel about living in the church attic?

5. How did working on the Little Boats essay affect the author?

6. How did Brandon propose to the author?

7. How did the author feel about the idea of marriage?

8. Why was the Sasha Doll important to the author?

9. When Brandon came back from Australia, what did he do to try to placate the author?

10. What did the author always take to the rooms she lived in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose an individual within the book and produce a detailed charactered analysis. Why did LaPointe include this individual in her memoir?

Essay Topic 2

What is LaPointe’s main message to readers regarding family? How does she portray this message in her memoir?

Essay Topic 3

Select one symbol from Red Paint to analyze in full. How does the author present this symbol? Why might LaPointe have selected this particular symbol to represent what it does?

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