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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 is the dreaming person?

2. With whom does Joel Lipscomb have an encounter?

3. What does Wil say are the images of the dreamer?

4. What does the narrator suggest to Maya about who she is?

5. What can the narrator not understand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Long Eagle tell the narrator about the valley?

2. What does Long Eagle say about Charlene?

3. What happens in the narrator's initial encounter with Maya?

4. What does Wil tell the narrator about Soul Groups?

5. What does Wil and the narrator become aware of in Maya's dream?

6. What kind of work does Webber do and what does he believe about that work?

7. What does Webber explain to the narrator about the Experiment and his involvement?

8. What does the narrator do that injures him and why did he do it?

9. Wwho seems to lead the narrator into the valley, where does he go and what does he do?

10. What does Joel say to the narrator about his beliefs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During a reconnection with his Soul Group, the narrator suddenly becomes aware that Charlene had been present during the Indian-White conflict. She had been "an Indian woman of great power, but often ignored by the envious male chiefs because of her gender."

1. Do you think it is possible the chiefs ignored Charlene because of her gender or because she was so powerful? Why or why not?

2. With research, explain how women have been ignored or relegated to secondary positions in most religions.

3. Given that women have been ignored or relegated to secondary positions in most religions as true, why do you think this has occurred?

Essay Topic 2

There is a development of what might be called a parallel narrative or subplot - the deepening of the mystery of what happened during that past encounter between Natives and Whites. This subplot functions as all subplots do - to illuminate and define events and/or circumstances in the main narrative, albeit perhaps with more thematic and/or spiritual relevance than most subplots.

1. Explain what you think the above statements mean. Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. Do you think the subplot was essential to the book? Why or why not? What did the subplot add?

3. Explain, in depth, what you learned about the characters from the subplot.

4. Do you believe the author has suggested the characters' personalities and behaviors are essentially static from lifetime to lifetime? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

If a story can be likened to a jigsaw puzzle, the construction of a narrative telling that story can be likened to the careful placement of pieces of that puzzle in order to slowly, tantalizingly, and inevitably fill the reader with the desire to see the whole picture. In that sense, the telling of this particular story functions well, with details of meaning, incident, and relationship complimenting and illuminating each other with highly intriguing results.

1. What do you think the first sentence above means? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

2. In view of all the novels you have read or heard about or movies you have seen, explain why leaving readers with a "what happens next" question is universal. Use examples from this book and other books you have read to illustrate this principle and why it is used.

3. Do you believe the second sentence is true? Why or why not? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

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