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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. At what stage did the doctors give the author her first ultrasound?

2. What does the name Nooksack mean?

3. When was the author's great-great-great-grandmother born?

4. What actor was in the movie Brandon and the author went to see?

5. Where did the author buy a house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the author's property in Lummi Bay like?

2. What did the author realize about her dream of Uncle Ron?

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

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

5. Why did the author try to dye her hair blue?

6. How did the author want to decorate the nursery?

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

8. When the author picked Brandon up from the airport, how did their conversation go?

9. How did the author's white friends respond to the idea of her selling the land that she had inherited?

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

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

Examine the importance of music in the book.

Essay Topic 3

What lessons does Red Paint offer on creative expression and mental health?

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