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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 Gabe kill himself?

2. How does Jo die?

3. Whose grave does Gabe visit in Part III?

4. Who in the tribe taught Gabe and his friends many of the old traditions?

5. Why did Gabe get thrown out of Denorah's basketball game?

Short Essay Questions

1. When do Cassidy and Gabe start to realize something might be wrong with Victor?

2. What does Gabe tell Denorah in Part III that she does not know whether or not is a compiment?

3. Why does Gabe kill Cassidy in Part IV?

4. Who does Cassidy shoot in Part IV, and why?

5. Who does Denorah see outside her eighth-grade geography window in Part III, and why is that person there?

6. What did Gabe tell the reservation dogs the night he fed them the last of the elk from his father's freezer?

7. Why does Gabe go to see Denorah right before the sweat ceremony?

8. What happens to Victor when he discovers the Elk Spirit?

9. What does the Elk Spirit do to make sure she keeps an eye on Gabe in Part III?

10. What are the purposes of a sweat ceremony?

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 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

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.

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