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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. Where did grandmother order Sasha Doll from?

2. In the video of the author counting to ten, what language was she speaking?

3. What movie was set in the place where Comptia married?

4. What band does the author partially credit with putting the Pacific Northwest on the map?

5. Who gives the author her first two-piece bathing suit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What compromise did the author reach with Brandon regarding the trip to Australia?

2. What is the significance of the security code to the author's parents' house?

3. How did working on the Little Boats essay affect the author?

4. What was special for the author and Brandon about their weekends when his parents were away?

5. What did Brandon say about the women in the author's family?

6. What did the author always take to the rooms she lived in?

7. How did the author feel about the idea of marriage?

8. What experience did the author have while hiking in Quinault?

9. Why was the Sasha Doll important to the author?

10. What did the author think about when she first saw Brandon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Select one symbol from Red Paint to analyze in full. How does the author present this symbol? Why might LaPointe have selected this particular symbol to represent what it does?

Essay Topic 2

How has trauma shaped LaPointe's life?

Essay Topic 3

What lessons does Red Paint teach about the importance of community? How does LaPointe demonstrate these lessons to readers?

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