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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 Indians does Koi Chitto encounter who are cannibals in Chapter 6?

2. On June 21, 1747, how many deerskins does a young warrior tell Nitakechi that he traded his knife for?

3. What is Delores doing at the beginning of Chapter 10?

4. How much older is Delores than Isaac?

5. When does Delores remember that she and Dovie once met Redford McAlester and his mother at a summer tent revival?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Father Renoir do in Chapter 11?

4. What does a woman emissary chant to Red Shoes in Chapter 11?

5. What does Bienville warn Anoleta about Red Shoes?

6. How does Koi Chitto die?

7. In Chapter 11, what has Red Shoes carried and how does he describe them?

8. Why does Delores decide that McAlester has to be buried in Mississippi?

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

10. How did Delores learn more Choctaw music and start a revival of Choctaw music and traditions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

How do Shakbatina and other characters use color? What do various colors symbolize?

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?

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