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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. After Auda came home from work in Chapter 2, how many times did she shower?

2. In Chapter 1, how often would men sing with a drum in Grandmother's day?

3. How tall is Auda?

4. In Chapter 1, how many younger sisters did Grandmother have?

5. How old was Isaac when his parents were killed in a car wreck?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adair do for a living, and how long has she been working at that occupation?

2. Where does Auda live, and what brief history of the place does the narrator provide?

3. Why did Auda and her mother have an argument about Red McAlester in 1983?

4. How did Adair make her reputation in 1985 in her work?

5. Why is Auda arrested?

6. What did Grandmother do when she heard the enemy was coming and Tuscalusa would lead them into a trap?

7. What happened to Auda when she was at work on September 21, 1991?

8. Why did Tema and Bordon come to Dallas?

9. What does Auda dream in Chapter 5?

10. Why is Shakbatina to be executed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Information about the ancestors of the Billy family is mentioned in the book. What information is provided about the Billy family ancestors? How well do family members know their ancestors? Why do members of the Billy family treasure the legacy of their ancestors?

Essay Topic 2

Gore and Auda have a conversation about Indians making their way in the world. What are Gore and Auda’s thoughts about Indians who make their way in the world like the Love sisters or Auda’s sisters? What is communicated about tribes and tribalism through their conversation?

Essay Topic 3

In Chapter 14, Auda seems to alternate between herself and Anoleta and Red seems to alternate between himself and Red Shoes. How do Auda and Red seem to be incarnations of Anoleta and Red Shoes, respectively? How does the past affect the present because Auda and Red seem to have the souls of Anoleta and Red Shoes? What role do Auda and Red have in making historical wrongs right because of their reincarnation?

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