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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. Whom does Shawnee call for help when she is detained at the Canadian border?
2. How does the slot machine treat Lyman in his dream?
3. What do June's mother and her boyfriend do when they tell June there won't be any more running away?
4. When Lyman wakes he can't tell if it was a dream or if he was where?
5. What part of Albertine's bloodline does she search through in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Shawnee plan her move out of Zelda's house?
2. How is June Morrissey described?
3. How does Lipsha feel that Zelda impacts his life?
4. What happens when Lipsha finds Fleur at the church in Chapter 11?
5. What happens when Lipsha feels that he sees his dead mother?
6. Why does the reservation community have high hopes for Lipsha?
7. What does Lyman do after gambling away his money?
8. What does Lipsha discover about Zelda's plans for him and Shawnee during their date?
9. What does Lipsha get a tattoo of and why?
10. Why does June promise herself that no one will ever hold her again?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"The Bingo Palace" compares traditional life to life off the reservation. How is each described? What represents each style of living? How is Lipsha torn between the two? How does he feel that he can merge the two? By the end of the novel, do you think Lipsha is more or less traditional?
Essay Topic 2
Describe Lipsha's relationship with his medicine. How refined is it? How and when does he use it? Why does Lipsha want to strengthen his power? What does medicine mean to the people of the reservation? What does it mean when Lipsha misuses it or does not use it at all? How does Lipsha's medicine define him?
Essay Topic 3
How are strong female characters used in this novel? Which female characters do you consider strong, and why? How do these characters influence the people around them and the events that take place in this novel? Who has a positive impact, and why? Who has a negative impact, and why?
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