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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 kind of bath bomb did the author use?

2. What pet did the author have?

3. What did Brandon and the author share after she packed her car?

4. What did Comptia use to decorate her arms?

5. What movie did the author watch after the reading as she tried to sleep?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does a burning ceremony involve?

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

5. What did the author do at Skagit River?

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

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

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

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

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

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

How has trauma shaped LaPointe's life?

Essay Topic 3

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

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