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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 famous rebel Indian did Roosevelt invite to be in his inaugural parade?

2. How many weeks was Charlie in jail after he hit a man with a trumpet?

3. Within how many days must after Charlie dies must Opal bury his body?

4. What color did everything seem to be the morning before the day Charlie robbed a grocery store?

5. When did Jude Star get his allotment land?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Pratt remember about a train ride in 1875?

2. Why was Charles Star sent to Carlisle?

3. What happened when Jude went to the peyote church with Bear Shield?

4. Who raised Victoria?

5. Why did Opal leave Charles?

6. Why was Jude late for a ceremony to help cure Bear Shield's wife?

7. What does Opal tell her unborn child about Charles?

8. What does Opal do with Charles's body?

9. How were Indian children treated after the Indian wars, and what did they have to endure to survive?

10. What happened after a failed escape attempt from the prison-castle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Victoria is raised by a white man and woman. How is Victoria affected by her upbringing in a white family, and how does she respond when she learns her birth parents were Indian?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Wandering Stars?

Essay Topic 3

In Wandering Stars, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what role do these flat characters play?

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