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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 Delores and Dovie first met McAlester, what occupation was he planning to pursue?
(a) Cowboy.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Preacher.

2. How long ago in Chapter 7 does Auda remember that she adopted her French Angora rabbit?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. In Chapter 8, when does Anoleta remember staying at Bienville's home with her mother?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

4. What was Delores's mother's name?
(a) Louisa.
(b) Rachel.
(c) Miranda.
(d) Elizabeth.

5. In Chapter 12, how much money is in a large barrel of dog food?
(a) $7 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $8 million.
(d) $9 million.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When does Chapter 8 take place?

4. When was Red Shoes assassinated?

5. How many singers sang traditional songs at Nowatima's funeral?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Delores learn more Choctaw music and start a revival of Choctaw music and traditions?

2. In Chapter 11, how does Red Shoes know that he will die?

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

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

5. What can Koi Chitto use an alligator for?

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

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

8. What does a woman emissary chant to Red Shoes in Chapter 11?

9. At the beginning of Chapter 10, what thoughts does Delores have of Isaac?

10. What does Father Renoir do in Chapter 11?

(see the answer keys)

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