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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 does Lewis's wife save Lewis from in Part I?

2. What does Lewis pull from Peta's stomach?

3. How does Ricky's little brother die?

4. Who is Lewis's new coworker at the post office in Part I?

5. What is Ricky's full name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is unusual about the young elk Lewis kills?

4. Why does Lewis hesitate to ever tell Peta about the Thanksgiving Classic?

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

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

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

8. How does Lewis remember that he knew Peta was a "real girl?"

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

Poverty on the reservation is always in the background of the main characters' experiences. Write an essay exploring Jones's treatment of the theme of poverty, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How do you think Ricky, Gabe, Lewis, and Cassidy seem to feel about Denny Pease as they decide whether or not to hunt on the restricted part of the reservation? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring what Denorah represents for both Gabe and others on the reservation who cheer her on in her youth basketball career and talents.

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