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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Delores and Dovie Love run away from boarding school?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1926.

2. When does Chapter 8 take place?
(a) 1736.
(b) 1738.
(c) 1724.
(d) 1729.

3. How old was Delores in 1939?
(a) 27.
(b) 26.
(c) 28.
(d) 29.

4. In Chapter 9, who does Carl Tonica see out the window when he is on a phone call with the FBI?
(a) An old woman.
(b) Auda Billy.
(c) An old man.
(d) Susan Billy.

5. Where will Hoppy attend art school?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Chicago.
(d) New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do the Choctaw usually wait to release the bones of the dead from the burial scaffold?

2. In Chapter 6, when Koi Chitto wakes in the Houmas village, what does a young girl child give him?

3. Where were Delores and Dovie living when they received the telgram that their mother was dying?

4. When was Red Shoes assassinated?

5. How many members of Nowatima's family made it on the Trail of Tears?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Delores decide that McAlester has to be buried in Mississippi?

2. In Chapter 9, what conversation do Carl Tonica and Hector D'Amato have regarding Auda?

3. What conversation does Koi Chitto have with a porcupine animal spirit in Chapter 6?

4. What is buried with Red McAlester in Chapter 13?

5. When did Delores first come to the Billy house?

6. In Chapter 12, where does Auda dream that she goes, and what happens there?

7. In Chapter 8, who does Anoleta see standing over her?

8. What happens when Auda goes to the dental clinic?

9. How was Shakbatina's body prepared by Nitakechi when she died?

10. Why does Carl Tonica call the FBI in Chapter 9?

(see the answer keys)

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