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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 job does Jewett Parker Tatro have?
2. What does Shawnee admit to herself about her relationship with Lyman?
3. Whom does Shawnee call for help when she is detained at the Canadian border?
4. How does Lulu feel about the way Marie raised Lipsha?
5. What does Lyman spend the entire night before his business meeting doing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Marie notice about Lipsha's appearance at the beginning of Chapter 4?
2. How is Lipsha's relationship with Lyman complicated?
3. What happens when Lipsha finds Fleur at the church in Chapter 11?
4. What happens when Lipsha feels that he sees his dead mother?
5. Why does the reservation community have high hopes for Lipsha?
6. Why does June's mother take her anger out on June in Chapter 6?
7. What does Lipsha discover about Zelda's plans for him and Shawnee during their date?
8. How does Lipsha feel about Shawnee at the gathering?
9. What does Lipsha get a tattoo of and why?
10. How does Shawnee plan her move out of Zelda's house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is a Native American vision quest? Describe the quest Lipsha and Lyman go on. How do each feel about the quest? What happens to each? How do these endings help to further describe Lipsha and Lyman in terms of Native American tradition?
Essay Topic 2
Lipsha often reflects on his luck. How does luck appear in "The Bingo Palace" for Lipsha and the other characters? How do they feel about luck? To what do they compare it? What does luck mean in this novel and how is it compared to the natural world?
Essay Topic 3
The ancestors serve as narrators during parts of "The Bingo Palace." Who are the ancestors and why are they valued in reservation life? What judgments do the ancestors have? Why does the author sometimes use them as narrators? How do they add to the narration of this novel?
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