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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 borough did the author's friend live in?

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

3. Where did Richard and the author eat after camping?

4. What food did Comptia prepare for her husband?

5. What is it called when a Coast Salish marriage ends?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did the author do at Skagit River?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Use examples from Red Paint to discuss the theme of home and belonging.

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