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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 does Ernest remember about his childhood moccasins in Chapter 10?
(a) The blue beads.
(b) The white beads.
(c) The red beads.
(d) The leather soles.

2. To what animal does Edgar compare Lyle's appearance in Chapter 17?
(a) An owl.
(b) A badger.
(c) A buzzard.
(d) A rat.

3. What is the Cherokee word for hello?
(a) Nun-Yunu-Wi.
(b) Osiyo.
(c) Tsisqua.
(d) Jistu.

4. What did the beautiful woman say she was planting in Edgar's dream from Chapter 17?
(a) Melons.
(b) The Three Sisters.
(c) Corn.
(d) Pink cherry blossoms.

5. What was the band that Venery describes playing in when he met Jerry Garcia in Chapter 13?
(a) Venery and the Vixens.
(b) Venery and the Vibrations.
(c) Venery and the Voyeurs.
(d) Venery and the Vultures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jackson's last name?

2. What is the snake called in Wyatt's story in Chapter 14?

3. How old is Paolo said to be in Chapter 14?

4. What does Sonja recall envying when she was younger in Chapter 11?

5. What game does Wyatt ask Ernest to play with him in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Sonja's dream about and what does it foreshadow in Chapter 15?

2. How would you describe Sonja's date with Vin in Chapter 11?

3. What does the Darkening Land represent?

4. What happens in the encounter between Vin and Sonja in Chapter 15?

5. What does the red fowl symbolize?

6. What is the second story about that Wyatt tells at the shelter in Chapter 14?

7. Who do Sonja and her parents encounter on their walk in Chapter 15?

8. What is the significance of the names and dates that open each chapter?

9. What does Edgar dream of in the beginning of Chapter 17?

10. How would you describe Wyatt's essay for English class in Chapter 10?

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