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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. Who drives the person Harley bites to the hospital?

2. What is Ricky's little brother's name?

3. What does Ricky see right before he is killed?

4. What kind of stamp did Lewis use to mark the packages of elk meat he gave to the elders?

5. Where does Ricky die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is unsettling about Lewis's new rental house with Peta?

2. What does Lewis repeatedly think he sees near his house in Part II?

3. Why does Lewis think the Elk Spirit has started haunting him in Part II?

4. How does Ricky die in Part I?

5. What tragedy has just occurred in Ricky's life that contributes to his choice to leave the reservation?

6. Why do police officers visit Lewis's house in Part II?

7. What happens when Lewis's friends come over to his house in Part I?

8. What does Gabe tell Lewis about when Lewis calls him in Part I?

9. How do Lewis's friends feel about him marrying Peta?

10. Why does Lewis stop going to work in Part II?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are both Lewis's and Cassidy's lives different from Gabe's and Ricky's because of Lewis's and Cassidy's relationship with their partners? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe Jones's tone throughout the novel, and why do you think he strikes a hopeful note with Denorah's choices and actions at the very end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Of the four main characters - Ricky, Gabe, Lewis, and Cassidy - who do you think is the most seriously affected by the guilt of the Thanksgiving Classic hunting trip? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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