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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 does Lewis's wife save Lewis from in Part I?

2. What does Lewis remember doing with his friends as they shot the elk?

3. What does Lewis tell Peta about the Thanksgiving Classic that he has never told anyone before?

4. What is Ricky's full name?

5. What does Ricky see right before he is killed?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lewis think the Elk Spirit has started haunting him in Part II?

2. What does Lewis repeatedly think he sees near his house in Part II?

3. Why does Lewis make a masking-tape elk shape on his living room floor?

4. How does Ricky die in Part I?

5. Why does Lewis stop going to work in Part II?

6. What tragedy has just occurred in Ricky's life that contributes to his choice to leave the reservation?

7. In Part I, how does Peta save Lewis from potentially serious injury?

8. Why do police officers visit Lewis's house in Part II?

9. What makes all the noise at Lewis's new rental house?

10. Why does Lewis hesitate to ever tell Peta about the Thanksgiving Classic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is it so significant that Lewis has both left the reservation and married a white woman? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How would you describe Ricky's, Gabe's, Cassidy's, and Lewis's sense and style of humor within their close-knit group of friends? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Jones is aiming to highlight about Indian culture through his focus on parent-child relationships and Lewis's sense of guilt about his and Peta's decision not to have children? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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