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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. In "Valentine's Days," how much money does Patrice leave under her mother's sugar can?

2. What creature does Biboon say was able to dive to the bottom of the world and bring the Creator dirt?

3. When did Thomas buy his farm?

4. Where do Patrice and her mother haul her father to sleep off a drunken binge?

5. In "Log Jam 26," what place does Patrice see that if Wood Mountain goes inside she will never talk to him again?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Patrice keep her money, and why does she not let anyone know where it is?

2. What is the Wazhashk farm like?

3. Why does Patrice need time off work, and how does she get time off?

4. What news is there of Vera from Gerald and Betty Pye's cousin?

5. How does Rose tell Thomas that he has been poisoned in "Ajax"?

6. Why did Thomas go to boarding school?

7. What happens on the train when a man tells Patrice that he wants her to trade seats with his wife?

8. What happened to Louis Pipestone's son?

9. What is a short description of the bill that Congress wants to pass regarding the Indians?

10. Who is Lloyd Barnes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bucky nearly rapes Patrice. How do Bucky, Norbert, and Barnes treat women? Why are the men examples of toxic masculinity?

Essay Topic 2

Paranteau dies in Vera’s cabin. How does Paranteau die? How does his family take the news of his death? What does his death communicate about his relationship with his family?

Essay Topic 3

Thomas and Rose have been married since they were 16. How would you describe the relationship between Thomas and Rose? How does an electric iron symbolize their relationship?

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