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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. How does Jo die?
2. What is the most important advice that the herd knows, and that the Elk Spirit remembers in Part III?
3. What was Trina known for when she was younger?
4. Who does Victor think the Elk Spirit is at first when he sees her in the dark?
5. Who is Nate's father?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Denorah particularly dislike about some of the names the other basketball teams call her team?
2. How does Nathan Yellow Tail feel about the sweat ceremony?
3. What does Cass tell Gabe about what might have been bothering Lewis about the Thanksgiving Classic?
4. What is Victor's role in the sweat ceremony?
5. Why are elk afraid of trains?
6. What does Denorah see in Gabe's truck when he comes to see her in Part III?
7. What does Cassidy see while Jo is inside the trailer in Part III around lunch time that makes him think of the name he is born with?
8. What happens to Victor when he discovers the Elk Spirit?
9. What does Gabe tell Denorah in Part III that she does not know whether or not is a compiment?
10. What did Gabe tell the reservation dogs the night he fed them the last of the elk from his father's freezer?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
What does Lewis's interaction with police following Harley's attack of his co-worker Silas reveal about interactions and tensions between Indians and white police officers in general? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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