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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 Faye have for dinner at the restaurant?

2. Which of the following symbols appears on the drum?

3. What secret ingredient does Anaquot’s host sing about?

4. What animal does Faye stop to watch in her garden?

5. Who is Faye visiting in the first scene of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Faye’s sister Netta die?

2. How does Bernard make his father rethink the fate of his sister, Old Shaawano’s daughter?

3. What happens to the Eyke family car?

4. How does Albert learn about Old Shaawano’s plan to make a drum?

5. What does Faye refer to as her two failures?

6. How does Bernard Shaawano feel about Chook?

7. How does Kendra die?

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

9. How does Kurt react when Davan shoots a raven in his yard?

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

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 2

How does the author juxtapose manmade settings with natural settings? How do the characters interact with these worlds? What do contrasting settings communicate about the novel’s themes?

Essay Topic 3

When Faye considers the nature of her work, she notes that she is not “a traditional Ojibwe” (33). Why do you think she chooses to distance herself from her cultural heritage? What other elements does she use to build an identity? Does this identity change through her journey?

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