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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Lee always very good at?
(a) Rodeo events.
(b) Mathematics.
(c) Bible facts.
(d) Indian language.

2. What game are Christine and Rayona playing during visiting hours?
(a) Monopoly.
(b) Solitaire.
(c) Go Fish.
(d) Sorry.

3. What does Lee give to Aunt Ida after he enlists?
(a) A letter from the army.
(b) A goodbye note.
(c) Money.
(d) His braid.

4. What is Lee and Christine's last name?
(a) Pretty Dog.
(b) Eaglefeather.
(c) Taylor.
(d) George.

5. What does Christine lose when she is about Rayona's age?
(a) Her faith.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her birthright.
(d) Her virginity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Rayona often describe herself?

2. What does Father Tom offer to buy for Rayona after the incident on the yellow raft?

3. What grade is Lee in when he and Dayton become best friends?

4. Who owns the horse Rayona rides in the rodeo?

5. Before Rayona can catch up with her mother, as she flees Aunt Ida's, Christine rides away in what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Christine ask the doctor for a deck of cards after he gives her the terminal diagnosis?

2. How does Christine react after Rayona returns to the reservation from her time at the state park?

3. What is Dayton's house like?

4. Why does Christine come to despise Dayton?

5. What diagnosis does Christine get after she goes into the hospital for drinking too much?

6. What happens when Christine tries to commit suicide by driving off a cliff?

7. Why is Rayona so fascinated by the lifeguard Ellen?

8. What happens between Father Tom and Rayona on the yellow raft in the lake at Bear Paw State Park?

9. Why does Christine compare her pregnant stomach to a black box?

10. What is Rayona's life like?

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