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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 color did everything seem to be the morning before the day Charlie robbed a grocery store?

2. When Opal is traveling with Charlie's body, what berries does she find?

3. What do Victoria's adopted parents tell her about her ancestry?

4. What singer's voice is Charlie hearing in his head at the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. What is Charlie's job in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Opal decide to leave her job?

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

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

4. How did Jude get his name?

5. What did Pratt remember about a train ride in 1875?

6. How did Opal get her middle name?

7. How did Charles become addicted to laudanum?

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

9. What announcement did Pratt receive from San Francisco?

10. Who is the father of Victoria's first child, and how does she meet him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sean is raised in a white family. He often feels like he does not belong in the family or in the family's white world. why does Sean feel he does not belong in his family and their world? How does Sean feel when he learns he is part Native American? What does he feel about his racial heritage?

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

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?

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