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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 Opal and Jacquie go for a walk in Chapter 18, how much are the items a Black man is selling?

2. In Chapter 21, what does Jacquie make Loother for dinner?

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

4. What game do Orvil and his brothers play with Jacquie on a Friday night when Opal goes to a Native event at the intertribal center?

5. What class does Luther have with the girl he likes whose name is Vee?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Sean injured?

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

3. Why does Orvil tell Lony not to cut his hair?

4. How does Opal think Orvil needs to respond to the shooting, and how does she try to help him?

5. How does Sean meet Orvil for the first time and what do they talk about?

6. How does Orvil start taking more pills than he is told to take?

7. How does Lony justify cutting himself?

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

9. What happened to Sean's mother?

10. In Chapter 13, what does Orvil look up on the internet and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

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

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Wandering Stars?

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