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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. Who did the man drinking Steel Reserve remind the author of?

2. Which tribe contacts the author about a piece of land?

3. What color was the author's lipstick at the reading?

4. When Comptia went with her husband to court, where had a man been murdered?

5. What color of candle did the author use on her altar for protection?

Short Essay Questions

1. What concert experience did the author have after the miscarriage?

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

3. What agreement did Richard and the author reach about their relationship?

4. Why did Comptia's husband need to go to court?

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

6. What does a burning ceremony involve?

7. How did the author feel about the trip to Hawaii with Brandon's family?

8. What did burying the fetus make the author think of?

9. In the weeks after she learned that she was pregnant, what did the author do?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does LaPointe address the concept of healing?

Essay Topic 2

Choose an individual within the book and produce a detailed charactered analysis. Why did LaPointe include this individual in her memoir?

Essay Topic 3

Use examples from Red Paint to write about the power of performance. What is LaPointe's relationship with performance?

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