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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 happens after Lyman fasts for three days?
2. Where do Lipsha and Lyman go to eat in Chapter 14?
3. What does Albertine tell Lipsha about the negatives in her life in Chapter 20?
4. How does Xavier Toose add steam to the sweat lodge?
5. Why does Lyman call Shawnee in Chapter 26?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Redford feel about staying with his aunts?
2. What happens during Lipsha's dream that he is prison?
3. Why does Lyman dance during his fast?
4. Describe the memory Shawnee has of her father during the powwow.
5. What happens when Lipsha checks the Dumpster for his father?
6. What does the police officer say to Mary Fred before he can see her in the shed?
7. What happens between Lipsha and the motel Bible in Chapter 14?
8. What happens during Gerry's plane ride?
9. What do Zelda and Xavier do when the meet in Chapter 23?
10. Who does Gerry mostly think about in jail?
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
Describe how animal imagery is used in this novel. Select four examples of animal imagery and explain the following: Who is represented, what is represented, how tradition is reflected and the impact on the characters/plot of "The Bingo Palace."
Essay Topic 3
"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?
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