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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. Where did Shaney live?

2. What is a way to tell who the ghost elk is?

3. What does Shaney borrow from Lewis?

4. What feature of Lewis's do his friends make fun of him for?

5. Who finds Harley dead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lewis call Cass in Part I?

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

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

4. In Part I, why do Lewis's friends from the post office come to his house?

5. What does Lewis see when he and Shaney play basketball in Part I?

6. How does Lewis's dog Harley die?

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

8. In Part I, how does Peta save Lewis from potentially serious injury?

9. Why does Lewis invite Shaney over to his house in the end of Part II?

10. What makes all the noise at Lewis's new rental house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why is it so significant that Lewis has both left the reservation and married a white woman? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does the Elk Spirit seem to use the four friends' weaknesses against them all? What are some of those weaknesses? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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