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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 kind of boots do Lewis and his friends wear?
2. What tribe is Shaney from?
3. Why does Lewis think the elk spirit killed Harley?
4. Where did Shaney live?
5. What feature of Lewis's do his friends make fun of him for?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lewis repeatedly think he sees near his house in Part II?
2. What makes all the noise at Lewis's new rental house?
3. What option do Lewis and his friends take that Denny offers when he finds them hunting on restricted land?
4. Why does Lewis think the Elk Spirit has started haunting him in Part II?
5. How does Ricky die in Part I?
6. What happens when Lewis's friends come over to his house in Part I?
7. In Part I, why do Lewis's friends from the post office come to his house?
8. In Part I, how does Peta save Lewis from potentially serious injury?
9. Why does Lewis make a masking-tape elk shape on his living room floor?
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
What do you think Jones is aiming to highlight about Indian culture through his focus on parent-child relationships and Lewis's sense of guilt about his and Peta's decision not to have children? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
Why do you think Jones decides to tell the climactic events of the Elk Spirit's confrontation with Denorah from the point of view of an elderly tribal storyteller at the end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Although they make light of it at first, eventually Gabe and Cassidy both settle into the ritual of the sweat lodge. How would you describe these two characters' feelings about the ritual? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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