View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far apart in age are Adair and Tema?

2. When did Oklahoma become a state?

3. In Chapter 3, what character does Tema Billy play?

4. According to a census taken before the walk, how many Choctaw died when they walked from the Lower Mississippi Valley to Oklahoma?

5. In Chapter 2, along what highway is the praire fire?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Auda Billy doing at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning in Chapter 2, and who is in the house with her?

3. In Chapter 4, how does Susan and Auda get out of the jail?

4. What did Tuscalusa, Shakbatina's grandfather, do when he heard the story of the enemy coming?

5. Who is Redford McAlester?

6. In Chapter 5, what does Auda observe when she examines Adair?

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

8. When Isaac cannot work at his newspaper office, what does he do?

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

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

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

How would you describe Auda's relationship with McAlester and how it changes?

Essay Topic 3

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?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 843 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample