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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 problem does Edwin Black suffer from at the beginning of the chapter that introduces his character?
2. What piece of equipment does Dene's uncle leave for him?
3. Where did the colonists display Metacomet's head after they killed him?
4. What is the name of Dene's uncle who inspires his video project?
5. What do Octavio and Tony Loneman have in common and bond over in conversation?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Opal and Jacquie's mother decide to manage her illness when she finds out she has cancer?
2. Orange opens the prologue with a Bertolt Brecht poem about singing in dark times. How is this poem relevant to Native history as Orange writes about it in There There?
3. What was the old Cheyenne story in the prologue about?
4. What are some of the media representations of Indians that are mentioned critically in the prologue?
5. What did the colonists do to the Pequot at the Green Corn Dance in 1637?
6. What is the main issue that Dene is insecure about as he goes into his interview for his arts grant application?
7. What is the one main thing that Tony Loneman and Octavio Gomez have in common?
8. What happened to Metacomet, the Wampanoag Indian Chief?
9. What steps does Edwin Black take in order to try to find his father for the first time?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe some of the representations of the image of the Indian Head in There There. What are some of the themes Orange uses the Indian Head image to symbolize?
Essay Topic 2
How does Bill Davis react to the sounds of gunfire at the powwow? How does his reaction fit or not fit with what the reader has learned about his character and life history?
Essay Topic 3
Women are the most stabilizing and positive influences in families depicted in There There. Choose three women from the novel and analyze their impact on their families and/or communities.
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