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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Victor's mother not like the stories he writes?
(a) Because she thinks he is wasting too much time writing them.
(b) Because they are so negative.
(c) Because he is too revealing about family matters.
(d) Because they use so much profanity.

2. How does Victor convince the person to assist him with the incident with Dirty Joe at the carnival?
(a) He says that Dirty Joe is communicating with dead ancestors.
(b) He says that the situation is a public safety concern.
(c) He says that Dirty Joe should be punnished.
(d) He says that Indians have no problems with gravity.

3. Where do Victor and his companion escape to when being chased at the carnival?
(a) The tunnel of love.
(b) The house of mirrors.
(c) The first aid station.
(d) The men's restroom.

4. What does Victor not understand in the eighth grade?
(a) Why girls shoplift when they have the money to afford the items they steal.
(b) Why white children are not arrested for curfew and children of color are.
(c) Why Indian boys are rounded up when white boys throw rocks through a store window.
(d) Why girls starve themselves through anorexia and bulemia when he is involuntarily starving on the reservation.

5. Why is Victor's friend the host of the party at the lake?
(a) Because it is his birthday.
(b) Because his family owns the land.
(c) Because he is supplying the beer.
(d) Because he is celebrating his new job.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the grass feel to Victor at the barbecue?

2. What does Victor wonder about the event with his uncles during the holiday party?

3. Why do Victor's parents divorce?

4. What does Victor consider censorship in the third grade?

5. Why does Victor take James to the doctor when he is a baby?

(see the answer key)

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