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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 time is Auda Billy sitting on her bed at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. How many children did Shell Shaker have with Koi Chitto?

3. Of what game was Tuscalusa a champion?

4. When does Chapter 3 take place?

5. Where does Chapter 3 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Auda arrested?

2. What does Gore Battiste suggest as a strategy for Auda's case?

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

4. What terrible story reached Grandmother's town?

5. What does Isaac do when a reporter tries to interview him about the murder?

6. Why is Shakbatina to be executed?

7. What Durant town sculpture is missing in Chapter 4?

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

9. Why did Tema and Bordon come to Dallas?

10. What jobs has Tema had, and why did she become an actress?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not historical fiction?

Essay Topic 2

Allusions are figures of speech used when an author mentions a person, place, or thing, but does not provide background information about the person, place, or thing. What are some allusions that the author uses in the book? Is research required to understand the allusions the author makes? Does the use of allusions make understanding what is happening difficult?

Essay Topic 3

Koi Chitto encounters an alligator and a porcupine spirit. How does Koi Chitto encounter an alligator? How does he encounter a porcupine spirit? What do the alligator and the spirit symbolize about his destiny?

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