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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 is Bitty doing when she sits next to Patrice on the train in "Log Jam 26"?

2. Where do Barnes's parents live?

3. Where is Martin Cross the tribal chairman?

4. Who does Thomas see on the street in "Metal Blinds"?

5. What is Bernadette wearing when Patrice sees her in "Iron Tulip"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Wazhashk farm like?

2. What does Bernadette send the baby with when she gives him to Patrice?

3. What job do Turtle Mountain women do at the jewel bearing plant?

4. What is Thomas's dog like?

5. What happens when Patrice gets a ride from the train station?

6. Who does Thomas see on the street in Fargo, and what does he do?

7. How does Thomas get water for his household?

8. What does Wood Mountain want to do with his life?

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

10. Why did Thomas go to boarding school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Wood Mountain is a young man who wants to make a life on the reservation. What do his relationships with Patrice and then Vera reveal about him and the type of person that he is? How would you describe Wood Mountain and the type of person he is?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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