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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. What color t-shirt is Taylor wearing when she joins her mother at the breakfast house?

2. What is the name of Annawake Fourkiller's brother that is adopted?

3. Where does Barbie store her purse while she sleeps?

4. When Barbie is arguing about the sleeping arrangements in the hotel, who does she want to sleep with?

5. After leaving Vegas, what does Taylor worry about in herself?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annawake express the Cherokee view of family as it pertains to Turtle's case?

2. How does Annawake know Cash Stillwater?

3. How does Alice respond to Cash's sudden marriage proposal?

4. At the opening of the novel, what is the state of Alice and Harland's marriage?

5. What startling news does Alice hear while she is attending the stomp dance with Cash?

6. Why does Annawake claim that Alice's new found Indian heritage may not help her case to keep Turtle?

7. What conflict continually arises between Mr. Green and his neighbor Boma Mellowbug?

8. How does the family respond to the news that Alice will be visiting the Cherokee nation?

9. What does Annawake claim to be the reason for Turtle's abuse within the Indian community?

10. What funny story does Cash tell Alice while she is lying naked on his bed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the end of the novel, Annawake proposes a solution that will hopefully keep all parties happy, and will keep Turtle's best interests at heart. Explain what Annawake's solution for the fight over Turtle's custody was, and then explain how that decision affected the lives of the main characters in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, there are three single mothers whose characters are explored. Briefly describe the three single mothers in the text and compare / contrast their mothering skills. What message do you think Kingsolver is sending to the reader about the love of a single mother?

Essay Topic 3

The varying forms of relationship status in romantic relationships becomes a large theme in the novel. Explain how definition in Taylor's relationship with Jax, and Alice's relationship with Cash changed during the course of Turtle's custody battle, and why those changes were important to the fight they all were partaking in.

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