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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. Who gets hit while Davan is fleeing from the police?
2. What sport does Bernard’s companion remember the wolves playing?
3. Who instructs Old Shaawano to begin making a drum?
4. What is the name of Ziigwan’aage’s daughter?
5. How many children did Anaquot have?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Faye refer to as the “chain of events […] on Revival Road (65)?
2. How does Faye describe her home neighborhood?
3. Why does Faye find Kurt’s lawn mowing so unsettling?
4. How does Kurt react when Davan shoots a raven in his yard?
5. How does Old Shaawano find the final element to include in the drum’s construction?
6. How does Bernard make his father rethink the fate of his sister, Old Shaawano’s daughter?
7. What is Faye’s relationship with Kendra Krahe?
8. Why does Faye feel justified in stealing the painted drum?
9. Why does Old Shaawano choose his particular symbols to paint on the drum?
10. What is Bernard’s first impression of Faye and Elsie?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The novel suggests two possibilities for the death of Old Shaawano’s daughter: she was sacrificed by her mother, or she sacrificed herself to save them. Which story do you think is true? How does your perception of the story change for each possibility?
Essay Topic 2
How does the painted drum ultimately bring Bernard’s community back together? What did its loss symbolize to the people, and what have they gained through its restoration? Why do you think it needed to be returned before the community could fully reconnect?
Essay Topic 3
Explore the concept of fate vs. free will. Was Old Shaawano’s daughter destined to die so that he could create the ceremonial drum? Was Faye destined to discover it at the Tatro house? Or are these events random? Explain your reasoning.
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