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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. What does Chess tell Thomas about her brother?
(a) About his music.
(b) About his death.
(c) About his business.
(d) About his children.

2. To where does Chess say she is thinking of moving?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Portland.
(c) The Spokane Reservation.
(d) Flathead Reservation.

3. What does the guitar do to Victor?
(a) Tells him to leave the bar.
(b) Makes him play the wrong notes.
(c) Force him onstage.
(d) Give him bloody fingers.

4. What does Victor do before Thomas can play a song?
(a) Take a drink from his whiskey flask.
(b) Break one of Thomas's fingers.
(c) Smash the guitar.
(d) Throw dirt in Thomas's eye.

5. From whom does a FedEx package arrive?
(a) Chess.
(b) A tavern in Seattle.
(c) A bar owner on the Flathead Indian Reservation.
(d) The Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of vehicle is Thomas driving?

2. What do the men in Victor's nightmare wear?

3. What do the strangers from outside the reservation expect to hear from the band?

4. Where does the band perform for their second performance?

5. Where did Father Arnold decide to become a priest?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Thomas' father, Samuel, end up playing basketball against six police officers when he was younger?

2. How did Father Arnold become a priest and how did he feel about being sent to the reservation?

3. How does Lester end up with a broken nose during the game with the police?

4. What does Thomas do after the show at Flathead?

5. What does Chess ask Thomas about religion and how does Thomas respond?

6. What was the mix-up with the gig in Seattle?

7. Why is Robert Johnson at the reservation, and what does Thomas say to him about Big Mom?

8. What do Thomas, Victor and Junior decide to do when Victor and Junior come over to Thomas' house?

9. What is Victor doing while the band is waiting for their turn in the the battle of the bands?

10. What does Thomas ask Chess and Checkers to do and what is their response?

(see the answer keys)

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