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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 many hot dogs did Marilyn Shigaag steal?

2. What color are Joe's Aunt Sonja's eyes?

3. At the end of Chapter 3, how old does Joe think his father looks?

4. What direction does Joe think his mother's attacker went to get matches?

5. What percentage of customers of the Vinland gas and grocery business were tribal members?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Joe and his dad doing at the beginning of Chapter 1?

2. What is Geraldine's job?

3. What does Cappy look like?

4. In Chapter 4, what does Joe visualize that the attacker did?

5. Who is Whitey?

6. What does Grandma Thunder make for the boys to eat in Chapter 4?

7. How did the Indians get around the prohibition to not practice their religion before 1978?

8. How does Joe describe Cappy's family?

9. What is the building like where Angus lives?

10. Before his mother is hurt, what did Joe usually do after school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe steals a rifle. Why does Joe steal a rifle? What does he hope to gain by killing Lark? What does Joe later learn about Mayla’s body? Is the death of Lark necessary to allow Joe’s family to live in peace? What are Joe's thoughts about what he has done?

Essay Topic 2

Geraldine’s job is about secrets. What is Geraldine’s job and what does it have to do with secrets? Why is her job the cause of her attack?

Essay Topic 3

Joe believes that he sees a ghost at various times in the novel. What do both Joe and Randall see that seems to be ghost-like? How seriously do Indians believe in the supernatural? What does the ghost symbolize to Joe? How does Mooshum explain the ghost? What does the ghost represent by the end of the novel?

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