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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 game does Sean remembering playing with Orvil in elementary school?

2. What were Loother and Lony playing when Orvil woke up in the hospital after being shot?

3. How many things does Lony like to have on the lists he makes?

4. Who brushes against Lony's cuts and brings them to Opal's attention?

5. At the end of Chapter 24, how much time passes when Orvil plays the guitar when he is high?

Short Essay Questions

1. What movie does Lony remember he and his brothers used to watch all the time, and what is the movie about?

2. What schools does Sean attend, and why does he not fit in?

3. What are two things that nearly make Jacquie drink again in Chapter 18?

4. In Chapter 21, why do Loother and Lony have to go to an AA meeting with Jacquie?

5. Who recognizes Opal when she starts going to the Friendship Center, and what does the woman have for Opal?

6. What type of dog do Opal and Jacquie get Lony, and what is the purpose of the dog?

7. What happened to Sean's mother?

8. Where does Sean spend his first semester of high school, and how does he feel about that?

9. How does Lony justify cutting himself?

10. What do Sean, Mike, and Orvil start selling for Tom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An attitude developed that Indians needed to be stripped of their heritage and forced to embrace white culture. How and why did the attitude whites had toward Indians and their culture affect the characters in Chapters 1-7?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In Wandering Stars, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what role do these flat characters play?

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