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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 Tema and Bordon Beane meet?

2. When did Auda meet Redford McAlester?

3. When is Tema's mother's birthday?

4. Where is Gore Battiste's office?

5. In Chapter 2, along what highway is the praire fire?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Isaac cannot work at his newspaper office, what does he do?

2. Why did Auda and her mother have an argument about Red McAlester in 1983?

3. What is Auda Billy doing at 4 a.m. on Sunday morning in Chapter 2, and who is in the house with her?

4. Who is Redford McAlester?

5. In Chapter 4, how does Susan and Auda get out of the jail?

6. Where does Auda live, and what brief history of the place does the narrator provide?

7. What Durant town sculpture is missing in Chapter 4?

8. What did Tuscalusa, Shakbatina's grandfather, do when he heard the story of the enemy coming?

9. What does Auda dream in Chapter 5?

10. What terrible story reached Grandmother's town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Backstories are used to present information about events that happened before incidents in the novel. How do backstories provide insight into characters and events? What is the importance of backstories in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Shakbatina comments that she has been waiting for revenge for centuries. Why has Shakbatina been waiting for revenge for centuries? How does she get revenge?

Essay Topic 3

Tema is married to Borden, an English actor. How did Tema and Borden meet? What type of relationship do they have? What does their relationship reveal about collaboration?

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