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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 is it called when a Coast Salish marriage ends?

2. Who did the man drinking Steel Reserve remind the author of?

3. Whose house did the author stay in after leaving Brandon?

4. What Hole song did the author sing along to as she walked in the neighborhood?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What concert experience did the author have after the miscarriage?

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

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

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

6. How did Richard respond to the news that the author was pregnant?

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

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

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

10. What was sleeping in the shed like for Comptia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Use examples from Red Paint to address the modern impacts of colonialism.

Essay Topic 2

What do LaPointe's relationships demonstrate tell readers about her?

Essay Topic 3

Write an analysis of the poem that concludes Red Paint.

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