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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. How old is Rayona when she attends Lee's funeral on the reservation?
(a) Ten.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

2. Christine tells Rayona that she dates a guy who playes an Indian in which movie?
(a) Little Big Man.
(b) Little Big Horn.
(c) Legends of the Fall.
(d) The Last of the Mohicans.

3. The letter to Lucy at Fatima says the world comes to an end if what doesn't happen?
(a) Abortion is abolished.
(b) Christine cleans her room.
(c) Lee joins the army.
(d) Communist Russia converts.

4. What is Aunt Ida's favorite soap opera?
(a) Dallas.
(b) All My Children.
(c) Days of Our Lives.
(d) As the World Turns.

5. What stops Christine from committing suicide?
(a) Her love for Elgin.
(b) Her love for Rayona.
(c) Her desire to make life better.
(d) Her car runs out of gas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Foxy call Rayona?

2. What does Aunt Ida tell Rayona comes in her cereal boxes?

3. As seniors in high school, Lee and Dayton become what?

4. How much is Christine's lifetime membership fee for Video Village?

5. What is Lee always very good at?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does it go when Aunt Ida comes to dinner at Dayton's house?

2. What happens to Christine as she drives through the snowy landscape of Montana on the way to Lee's funeral?

3. What is Rayona's life like?

4. What happens at the flag ceremony for Lee in the Mission gym?

5. Why does Christine return to Aunt Ida's while Rayona is in school?

6. How does Ida feel about Clara when she first comes to stay with them and care for Annie?

7. What story about her family does Rayona tell Sky and Evelyn and why do they believe her?

8. Where do Elgin and Christine get married and how do they celebrate afterward?

9. What is the time period of the novel when it switches to Christine's point of view?

10. When does Lee begin to feel confident in his abilities?

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