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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. Why did Simon Jack not take off his clothes?

2. What does Old Shaawano use to repair his canoe?

3. Under the drum’s influence, who does Faye dream of?

4. What is the final ingredient in the drum’s construction?

5. What does Faye have for dinner at the restaurant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Faye convince Kit Tatro to mow her lawn?

2. How does Faye break the traditional rules of the painted drum?

3. What does Faye refer to as the “chain of events […] on Revival Road (65)?

4. How does Anaquot behave around Ziigwan’aage’s family?

5. How does Faye describe her home neighborhood?

6. What is Faye’s relationship with Kendra Krahe?

7. Why does Old Shaawano decide to stop using the drum to heal others?

8. Why does Anaquot leave her home?

9. How does Davan’s mother handle her son’s death?

10. What is Faye’s relationship to the Tatro family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the novel portray romantic love? Compare and contrast the romantic relationships experienced by women in the novel. How do these compare with the way the novel portrays family and friendship?

Essay Topic 2

What do wolves symbolize in the novel? Do they mean different things to different people? What lessons do the wolves offer the reader?

Essay Topic 3

What role do family and tribalism play in the novel? Consider traditional and nontraditional families such as the Tatros, Faye’s father and his students, and the family Anaquot and Ziigwan’aage built together. What common thread do these families have?

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