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Essay Topic 1

Names are important to characters. What has been Patrice’s nickname? What side of her personality does it describe? What does Thomas’s Indian name mean? How does it describe qualities that Thomas possesses? What do their names reveal about identity?

Essay Topic 2

There is an uneasy and sometimes contentious relationship between the Indians and the whites. How do the Wobleszynskis graze their cattle on Juggie’s land? How did the Lauders obtain such good farmland on the reservation? What is revealed about exploitation through the relationships between whites and Indians?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 4

Thomas and Rose have been married since they were 16. How...

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