There There Test | Final Test - Hard

Tommy Orange
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There There Test | Final Test - Hard

Tommy Orange
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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 is the name of Blue's friend who sees her walking on her way to the bus stop and picks her up?

2. What religious faith does Thomas's mother eventually join?

3. What does Bill see and try to catch as he is working at the coliseum?

4. What kind of criminal activity do Manny and Octavio engage in after they kick Manny's father out of the house?

5. Who is the leader of the powwow committee?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Opal take care of her half-sister Jacquie's three grandsons instead of Jacquie taking care of them?

2. What does Calvin Johnson tell Dene Oxendene for his video storytelling project?

3. What very strange physical ailment do Orvil and Opal share?

4. What are the circumstances around Thomas's firing?

5. What bizarre story does Harvey tell Jacquie as they drive together from Phoenix to Oakland?

6. What is one of Bill Davis's great enthusiasms in life?

7. What is Daniel Gonzales's role in the robbery of the Big Oakland Powwow?

8. What pivotal person from Jacquie's past does she meet in Phoenix and how does she meet him?

9. Why does Orange suggest Opal has developed superstitious behaviors?

10. What does Daniel do after his brother Manny's death to feel closer to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Guns and gun violence play an important role in There There. Orange introduces the plastic 3-D guns early on and devotes a scathing, dramatic rumination on death in the setting of a mass shooting in the Interlude. Analyze Orange's treatment of guns and explain how their significance has evolved in Native history from the colonial through the modern periods.

Essay Topic 2

What is Tony Loneman's last action before he dies? How does this act relate to what he says at the book's opening, "Maybe I'm'a do something one day, and everybody's gonna know about me. Maybe that's when I'll come to life. Maybe that's when they'll finally be able to look at me, because they'll have to" (19).

Essay Topic 3

Many characters in There There struggle with alcohol addiction. Why is alcohol, specifically, such a big problem for so many Natives? What are some of the other addictive substances that afflict Orange's Native characters, and how do they attempt to overcome their addictions?

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