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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 has her mail route, how many miles a day does she average?

2. What pain killer did Orvil get after the shooting?

3. Where do Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield and her boys live?

4. How long did Sean's brother Mike attend a military academy?

5. How old was Sean Price's mother when she lost a little brother to a fire?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Orvil get shot?

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

5. What game do the Red Feather boys make up when they and Opal live in a house up Fruitvale Avenue?

6. How does Lony think his cutting is different from the cutting kids at school do?

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

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

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 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Victoria is raised by a white man and woman. How is Victoria affected by her upbringing in a white family, and how does she respond when she learns her birth parents were Indian?

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