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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. After Orvil is shot, when does he go back to school?
2. How old was Sean Price's mother when she lost a little brother to a fire?
3. At the pizza place where Opal takes Lony, how much does it cost to play the arcade game he likes?
4. What does Lony notice happens when he is putting blood on something and burying it in the ground?
5. What instrument does Orvil's grandmother give him after he is shot?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Lony justify cutting himself?
2. What is the plan after Jacquie decides to live with Opal and the boys?
3. How does Orvil begin to feel about the pills and that he might run out?
4. What schools does Sean attend, and why does he not fit in?
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. What do Sean, Mike, and Orvil start selling for Tom?
8. What game do the Red Feather boys make up when they and Opal live in a house up Fruitvale Avenue?
9. Who recognizes Opal when she starts going to the Friendship Center, and what does the woman have for Opal?
10. In Chapter 21, why do Loother and Lony have to go to an AA meeting with Jacquie?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Setting is the place where a story happens. Where does Wandering Stars take place? How do characters feel about the various settings and why?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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