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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. Which writer is quoted at the beginning of Part I?
(a) Javier Marias.
(b) George Saunders.
(c) Raymond Carver.
(d) William Faulkner.

2. Which rapper does Tony Loneman like listening to?
(a) Jay-Z.
(b) Kanye West.
(c) Drake.
(d) MF Doom.

3. What tribe does Tony's grandmother tell him he is from?
(a) Arapaho.
(b) Cheyenne.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Wampanoag.

4. What word does Orange mention that describes an Indian that supposedly acts white?
(a) Plum.
(b) Apple.
(c) Redwood.
(d) Twizzler.

5. Which food is mentioned in the prologue as Native but not traditional?
(a) Pita.
(b) Applesauce.
(c) Fry Bread.
(d) Corn.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous writer does the hipster Rob quote to Dene as he is waiting to go in to his grant interview?

2. What is Edwin's mother's boyfriend's name?

3. Which colonel led the volunteer militias that were so brutal to Indians?

4. Who is Edwin's father?

5. What tribe did Metacomet belong to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Dene Oxendene and the white hipster named Rob talk about as they both wait for their art grant interviews?

2. Where does Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield's mother take she and her half-sister Jacquie after they abruptly move out of the yellow house in Oakland?

3. What happens to Tony when he gets really angry?

4. What does the prologue narrator say was the true main purpose of the first meal in 1621 between Indians and colonists that Americans now celebrate and commemorate as Thanksgiving?

5. What is the one main thing that Tony Loneman and Octavio Gomez have in common?

6. What steps does Edwin Black take in order to try to find his father for the first time?

7. Where does the prologue narrator say the Indian Head image appeared until the late 1970s?

8. How does Opal and Jacquie's mother decide to manage her illness when she finds out she has cancer?

9. What is the main issue that Dene is insecure about as he goes into his interview for his arts grant application?

10. According to the prologue narrator, what happened following another shared meal between Indians and colonists in 1623, two years after the land-deal meal?

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