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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. When was Roosevelt's Notes on Some of the Birds of Oyster Bay, Long Island, published?

2. When Charles Star wrote Pratt to find out information about his father, where was Charles living?

3. Where was Pratt buried?

4. Within how many days must after Charlie dies must Opal bury his body?

5. How many weeks was Charlie in jail after he hit a man with a trumpet?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jude and Bear Shield survive when they went off on their own?

2. Who was Hannah, and how did she and Jude meet?

3. What announcement did Pratt receive from San Francisco?

4. How does Victoria learn that she is Indian?

5. How did Opal come to work in Oakland?

6. Who raised Victoria?

7. What happened after a failed escape attempt from the prison-castle?

8. How did Opal get her middle name?

9. What does Opal tell her unborn child about Charles?

10. How were Indian children treated after the Indian wars, and what did they have to endure to survive?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Charles’s identity was stripped from him when he was a boy. How was his identity stripped from him, and how does it affect his life and who he is?

Essay Topic 2

Charlie and Opal grow up together. After they leave Carlisle, they become lovers and have a daughter together. How would you describe the relationship Charlie and Opal have and how it affects their lives?

Essay Topic 3

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles and subtitles? What are some purposes of chapter titles and subtitles? How does Orange use chapter titles and subtitles in Wandering Stars?

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