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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 Richard's eyes remind the author of?

2. What did the author do with the land she inherited?

3. What was Comptia's husband charged with?

4. What did the author's pendant remind her of?

5. What concert did Brandon take the author to after her miscarriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the author angry at Brandon after the miscarriage?

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

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

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

6. What role did rose quartz have in the author's life?

7. How did the author feel about seeing Richard and Brandon at her reading?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use examples from the book to write about the significance of tradition with LaPointe's culture.

Essay Topic 2

Write an analysis of the poem that concludes Red Paint.

Essay Topic 3

Use examples from Red Paint to write about the power of performance. What is LaPointe's relationship with performance?

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