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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. At Washita River, four years after Sand Creek, how many Indian horses were shot in the head?

2. How many daughters does Victoria have?

3. What was the name of Pratt's son?

4. What did Charlie play in the marching band at Carlisle?

5. Where does Victoria get her first job?

Short Essay Questions

1. What announcement did Pratt receive from San Francisco?

2. How did Opal come to work in Oakland?

3. How does Victoria learn that she is Indian?

4. Why did Opal leave Charles?

5. Why was Jude late for a ceremony to help cure Bear Shield's wife?

6. What does Opal do with Charles's body?

7. How did Victoria Bear Shield get her name?

8. Why was Charles Star sent to Carlisle?

9. How did Jude get his name?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Orange use artistic license to create the realistic background of Wandering Stars?

Essay Topic 2

Orvil, Loother, and Lony have been alienated from their cultural and ancestral heritage. How does that alienation affect how they define themselves and the choices they make as they grow up?

Essay Topic 3

Opal makes a home for the Red Feather brothers. What type of atmosphere does she create for the boys, and how is that atmosphere affected by Orvil being shot at the powwow?

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