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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose music is William listening to at the beginning of "Flight Patterns"?
(a) The Rolling Stones' music.
(b) The Beatles' music.
(c) Patsy Cline's music.
(d) Madonna's music.

2. What does Estelle do after she spots the woman in the white dress?
(a) Honks her horn at the woman.
(b) Ignores the woman.
(c) Rolls down her window and beckons the woman.
(d) Stops her car but doesn't get out to assist the woman.

3. For what physical feature is Estelle's son known?
(a) His long hair.
(b) His cleft chin.
(c) His long eyelashes.
(d) His full lips.

4. Who gives Jackson his first twenty dollars for redeeming the pow-wow regalia from the pawn shop?
(a) Junior.
(b) Officer Williams.
(c) Rose of Sharon.
(d) The pawnshop owner.

5. What does Estelle's son like about Indian men?
(a) Their totems.
(b) Their healing magic.
(c) Their ceremonies.
(d) Their long hair, colorful clothes, and singing and dancing.

6. Why do David and Sharon each spend their college graduation day alone?
(a) They graduate from different schools.
(b) They are each moving to different cities.
(c) Their families don't like each other.
(d) They break up temporarily because of David's lie.

7. What does Estelle's son say he sometimes feels like instead of her son?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) Her student.
(d) Her father.

8. About what does William sometimes fantasize?
(a) Other women and possible lives with them.
(b) Winning the lottery.
(c) Being a hero.
(d) A new job.

9. What does Sharon give David for his fortieth birthday?
(a) A Tarot card reading.
(b) A T-shirt referring to the lost cat.
(c) A painting.
(d) A set of golf clubs.

10. What feminist book does Estelle make her son read?
(a) Our Bodies, Ourselves.
(b) The Feminine Mystique.
(c) Radical Feminism.
(d) Moving the Mountain.

11. Which of the following is something William does?
(a) Smokes.
(b) Declines to take pills.
(c) Eats processed sugar.
(d) Drinks.

12. How long has it been since the taxi driver in "Flight Patterns" has seen his children?
(a) One year.
(b) One month.
(c) Two years.
(d) Many years.

13. After Jackson spends his lottery winnings, who gives him another twenty-five dollars?
(a) The pawnshop owner.
(b) Officer Williams.
(c) Rose of Sharon.
(d) Junior.

14. What kind of Indian is David?
(a) Spokane.
(b) Lakota.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Apache.

15. What do both Estelle and her son do for a living?
(a) Practice law.
(b) Teach at a community college.
(c) Make Indian jewelry.
(d) Practice medicine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What story does Sharon tell at every family gathering during her long marriage to David?

2. Why did the taxi driver leave his birth country?

3. Which of the following statements is not marital advice Estelle gives her son?

4. How much does the pawnshop owner tell Jackson it will cost to redeem the regalia?

5. Where do David and Sharon find a lost cat?

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