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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 did the fortune teller offer to help the author's broken heart?
(a) A special reading.
(b) A seashell.
(c) Rose quartz.
(d) A copper pendant.

2. What did Richard's eyes remind the author of?
(a) Sea.
(b) Moss.
(c) Cedar.
(d) Clouds.

3. What is it called when a Coast Salish marriage ends?
(a) Severing the rope.
(b) Ending the time.
(c) Loosing the spirit.
(d) Cutting the blanket.

4. What did the author wear at her poetry reading?
(a) Ripped jeans and a band shirt.
(b) A cowboy hat and boots.
(c) A black dress and Doc Martens.
(d) Her favorite plaid shirt.

5. Who did the author first call to take her to Skagit River?
(a) Brandon.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Richard.
(d) Manuela.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Tania live?

2. What did the author think was a bad omen or curse?

3. Who did Richard and the author compare themselves to?

4. Who checked on the author in a dream?

5. What had the author left at Tania's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the author picked Brandon up from the airport, how did their conversation go?

2. How did the author's friends from Seattle respond to visiting her new home?

3. What does a burning ceremony involve?

4. What made the author think of her Uncle Ron?

5. Why did the author try to dye her hair blue?

6. What did that author think was the good thing about being homeless at 33?

7. How did the author want to decorate the nursery?

8. What did the author do to make her temporary Seattle home more familiar?

9. Why was the author angry at Brandon after the miscarriage?

10. How did the author feel about seeing Richard and Brandon at her reading?

(see the answer keys)

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