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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 fortune teller offer to help the author's broken heart?

2. When he looked at the ultrasound photo, what did Brandon compare their baby to?

3. Where did Brandon's family take the author?

4. What movie did the author think of when she took the pregnancy test at Richard's?

5. What type of tree did Brandon plant as a housewarming gift?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the author do at Skagit River?

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

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 did the author do to make her temporary Seattle home more familiar?

7. What does a burning ceremony involve?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an analysis of the poem that concludes Red Paint.

Essay Topic 2

How has trauma shaped LaPointe's life?

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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