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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. How long did Sean spend in traction after a roller hockey accident?

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

3. When did some Lenape warriors go into a school and shoot 10 kids and a schoolmaster?

4. What was on the baseball cap one of Orvil's doctor's wore after he was shot?

5. What did Opal think a crawl space was for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Orvil begin to feel about the pills and that he might run out?

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

4. How is Sean injured?

5. What did Orvil and Sean used to do together in elementary school?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Jude was a survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre. How and why did the massacre change his life?

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