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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. For what does William in "Flight Patterns" always scan airports and airplanes?
(a) Attaché cases that look like they could be bombs.
(b) Coffee and donuts.
(c) Security guards and cops.
(d) Little brown guys who reek of fundamentalism.

2. Why is the regalia Jackson spots in the pawnshop window no longer in the possession of its rightful owner?
(a) The original owner sold it.
(b) The original owner gave it away.
(c) It was stolen fifty years earlier.
(d) The original owner pawned it.

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

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

5. What did the taxi driver in "Flight Patterns" do for a living in his birth country?
(a) He was a lawyer.
(b) He was a doctor.
(c) He was a jet-fighter pilot.
(d) He was a rabbi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gives Jackson his first twenty dollars for redeeming the pow-wow regalia from the pawn shop?

2. In "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem," how long has Jackson been homeless?

3. How many questions does Sharon tell David he can ask about what she confesses to him?

4. When Sharon calls David a liar at the end of "Do You Know Where I Am?", how many times does David say he has lied to his wife?

5. What does Jackson do with his lottery winnings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is William's relationship with his wife in "Flight Patterns"?

2. Why does Estelle's son say he doesn't know what an Indian is supposed to be?

3. What factors do you think contribute to and help perpetuate Jackson's homelessness in "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem"?

4. In "Do You Know Where I Am?", what is Sharon's family background and is it the stereotypical background for an Indian?

5. What does Estelle decide to do the summer her son turns thirteen, and how does her decision affect her son?

6. Describe Estelle's relationship with her son in "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above."

7. How does the title of the story "Do You Know Where I Am?" relate to the story?

8. What is Real Change and how is it involved in Jackson's quest for his grandmother's regalia?

9. In what ways does "Flight Patterns" reflect that it takes place in a post-September 11th world?

10. Why does Estelle Walks Above change her name?

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