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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. Where was Louise Brooks from?

2. What days of the week did McAlester used to go on the road lobbying other Oklahoma tribes to support the casino compacts?

3. When Red Shoes and his warriors leave the village that will not host them and travel downriver, how far do they travel in Chapter 11?

4. What year Ford convertible does Dovie Love drive?

5. When did Nowatima die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Chapter 12, where does Auda dream that she goes, and what happens there?

3. What does Father Renoir do in Chapter 11?

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

5. What does Red Shoes tell Anoleta that he is doing in Chapter 8?

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

7. What does Bienville warn Anoleta about Red Shoes?

8. How does Koi Chitto die?

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

10. When did Delores first come to the Billy house?

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

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?

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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