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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Sonja working when she began watching Vin Hoff with his son, according to the narrative in Chapter 3?
(a) A nursery.
(b) A public library.
(c) A preschool.
(d) A night club.

2. When does Ernest say he was born in Chapter 5?
(a) '52.
(b) '39.
(c) '62.
(d) '43.

3. According to the narrative in Chapter 3, what French writer "was in her forties when she was rumored to have had a sexual affair with her sixteen-year-old stepson" (38)?
(a) George Sand.
(b) Simone de Beauvoir.
(c) Marguerite Duras.
(d) Colette.

4. Where did Ray-Ray live when he was killed?
(a) Dennis, Oklahoma.
(b) Road, Oklahoma.
(c) Quah, Oklahoma.
(d) Tulsa, Oklahoma.

5. What grade does Wyatt say he is in at school in Chapter 5?
(a) 7th grade.
(b) 9th grade.
(c) 6th grade.
(d) 8th grade.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Maria's doctor prescribe for her after Ray-Ray's death?

2. What is the weather like when Sonja walks outside of Vin's home nude in Chapter 7?

3. Dasi’giya’gi's war medicine is said in Chapter 4 to be an uktena's shed skin and what?

4. What are the names of the "mythic hawks who carried away babies" (10) in Cherokee lore?

5. What does Vin order for Sonja at the coffee shop in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ray-Ray die? When did this happen?

2. What does the Echota family do every September 6? Why?

3. What kind of stories does Maria read to the children at the shelter? How do they respond to her stories?

4. What are Sonja's situation and circumstances in the beginning of the novel?

5. Who is Luka and what is his role in the novel?

6. What visions did the boy have in "Story of the Boy with Prophetic Visions"?

7. What is Wyatt like when he first arrives at the home of Maria and Ernest?

8. By what name does Sonja introduce herself to Vin? Why?

9. Why does Jackson tell Edgar to introduce himself as Jim in the Darkening Land?

10. When was Tsala killed? Why was he killed?

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