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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 are the jewel bearings at the Turtle Mountain plant used for?

2. How many pages does Thomas write when he writes a birthday letter to Ray in "The Watcher"?

3. When did Louis Pipestone's father buy a good horse from Red Lake and breed it with a wild buckskin paint?

4. Where was the government boarding school that Thaoms attended?

5. What was the name of the woman who used to perform in the ox costume?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Louis Pipestone's son?

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

4. What conversation does Patrice have with a woman named Bitty on the train?

5. What is Thomas's dog like?

6. Who is Lloyd Barnes?

7. What is the story of Thomas's name?

8. What does Patrice have for lunch and why in "Lard on Bread"?

9. What does Biboon say they did in the beginning to keep their land?

10. What type of iron did Thomas buy Rose and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sharlo is crowned Homecoming queen. What does the crown that Sharlo wears symbolize to Thomas, Rose, and Patrice?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The author uses historical details in the novel. How does the author use historical details in the book? How do the details that the author uses in the book imitate events from real life?

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