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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. What identifies the regalia in the pawnshop window as the property of the person to whom Jackson thinks it once belonged?
2. What do Sharon's parents do for a living?
3. What does Jackson buy with twenty of his last twenty-five dollars?
4. How many children do David and Sharon have?
5. What did the taxi driver in "Flight Patterns" do for a living in his birth country?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways does "Flight Patterns" reflect that it takes place in a post-September 11th world?
2. Why do you think Jackson is so eager to redeem his grandmother's powwow regalia?
3. Why does Estelle Walks Above change her name?
4. What are the similarities between Fekadu and William in "Flight Patterns"?
5. In "Do You Know Where I Am?", what is Sharon's family background and is it the stereotypical background for an Indian?
6. Describe what Sharon and David do with their children on the day Sharon confesses her infidelity and what it indicates about Sharon and David's relationship.
7. What is Real Change and how is it involved in Jackson's quest for his grandmother's regalia?
8. What is Jackson's relationship with Kay?
9. Why do you think Estelle fails to help the bleeding woman in the final scene of the story and how does this failure affect her relationship with her son?
10. Describe Jackson's relationship with Officer Williams in "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem."
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Parenting is a theme in many of the stories in Ten Little Indians. Compare and contrast the parents in "Do Not Go Gentle" with Estelle in "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above" and Corliss's parents in "The Search Engine." How does each set of parents deal with the blending of Native American culture and mainstream American culture in the raising of their children? Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how the following characters either defy or define stereotypes of Indian women: Estelle Walks Above, Corliss Joseph, and Rose of Sharon. Are their backgrounds and character traits typical or atypical of the stereotype of Indian women? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Grief and depression are themes in "Can I Get a Witness," "Do Not Go Gentle," and "What Ever Happened to Frank Snake Church?" Discuss how these themes are handled in each story and how each character copes with emotional pain. Cite examples from the text to support your conclusions.
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