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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. How long after the Choctaw were forced out of Mississippi does the woman called Shakbatina say in Chapter 9 that the white people were driven insane?

2. What hits and kills Tonica?

3. How old is Anoleta's daughter Bili in Chapter 11?

4. In Chapter 11, how many warriors have been walking most of the night with Anoleta?

5. When the Casino of the Sun was built, what percent of a kickback did the Indians get?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gore know about Delores and Dovie Love?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what does a woman say?

3. Why did Delores and Dovie run away from boarding school?

4. In Chapter 7, what does Susan say to the crowd in front of her house?

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

6. What can Koi Chitto use an alligator for?

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

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

9. What does Father Renoir do in Chapter 11?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shakbatina comments that she has been waiting for revenge for centuries. Why has Shakbatina been waiting for revenge for centuries? How does she get revenge?

Essay Topic 2

Tema is married to Borden, an English actor. How did Tema and Borden meet? What type of relationship do they have? What does their relationship reveal about collaboration?

Essay Topic 3

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

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