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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. How does Lulu bet in bingo?

2. What does Lipsha fear as he walks on ancestral grounds in Chapter 11?

3. What does Albertine say she sought in school?

4. Who is Lulu's son?

5. Why does Lyman feel he should have Lipsha's pipe?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the reservation community have high hopes for Lipsha?

2. How does Lipsha feel that Zelda impacts his life?

3. Why does June's mother take her anger out on June in Chapter 6?

4. What happened when Lipsha tried to heal Russell Kashpaw?

5. Why does June promise herself that no one will ever hold her again?

6. What catches Albertine's attention when she is watching a documentary?

7. What does Albertine know about the name Four Soul?

8. Why does Albertine shout at the TV set while watching the documentary?

9. How is Lipsha's relationship with Lyman complicated?

10. How do Shawnee's parents act at the gathering?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dancing is important in "The Bingo Palace". Reflect on four times that dancing is used in the novel. Describe the dance: Who is dancing? Where are they dancing? Why are they dancing? What does dancing represent in this novel and what does it do for the characters who dance?

Essay Topic 2

Lipsha often reflects on his luck. How does luck appear in "The Bingo Palace" for Lipsha and the other characters? How do they feel about luck? To what do they compare it? What does luck mean in this novel and how is it compared to the natural world?

Essay Topic 3

What is a Native American vision quest? Describe the quest Lipsha and Lyman go on. How do each feel about the quest? What happens to each? How do these endings help to further describe Lipsha and Lyman in terms of Native American tradition?

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