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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Victor, Indians make the best __________ because they can ride horses.
(a) Cowboys.
(b) Jockeys.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Ranchers.

2. What does Victor's father do when Victor tries to bond with him?
(a) He passes out from being drunk.
(b) He ignores Victor.
(c) He takes off on his motorcycle.
(d) He yells at Victor.

3. Why is the situation in jail like a war?
(a) Because there is a daily death toll.
(b) Because of the adversity.
(c) Because everyday is like a battle.
(d) Because everyone had a "turf".

4. What is Dirty Joe's condition at the carnival?
(a) He is asleep.
(b) He is delusional.
(c) He is belligerent.
(d) He is drunk.

5. What "crime" does Thomas Builds-a-Fire commit twenty years ago?
(a) Public drunkeness.
(b) He holds the postmaster at gunpoint.
(c) Indecent exposure.
(d) Writing grafitti.

6. Why is Thomas Builds-a-Fire been incarcerated recently?
(a) He calls the tribal doctor's wife "a native with dangling shiny objects".
(b) He calls the tribal police chief's wife "a savage in polyester pants".
(c) He calls the tribal school principal's wife "a traitor in pumps".
(d) He calls the tribal fire chief's wife "a heathen with heavy makeup".

7. What does Victor do when his white lover leaves him?
(a) He goes to see his friends.
(b) He sits around his home and mopes.
(c) He goes for a long walk.
(d) He goes out dancing and talks to women.

8. What does Victor refer to when he discusses the "hurricanes" on the reservation?
(a) Large uprisings.
(b) Wind storms.
(c) Wayward youths.
(d) Alcohol.

9. What is Victor's aunt's reaction to her husband and son's treatment during the mouse incident?
(a) She is thankful.
(b) She is ambivalent.
(c) She is sad.
(d) She is outraged.

10. What happens when Victor and Adrian's high school buddies walk by the porch where they are sitting?
(a) The buddies join them and they chat.
(b) They throw rocks at each other.
(c) They heckle each other.
(d) They wave.

11. How does Victor play with the BB gun when he and Adrian are together?
(a) He shoots at squirrels.
(b) He plays cowboys and Indians.
(c) He puts the gun up to his temple.
(d) He pretends to shoot his troubles away.

12. What does Victor think about Indian names?
(a) Their names are fraught with a bad reputation.
(b) Their names make them hard to assimilate.
(c) Their names have much honor.
(d) Their names honor their heritage.

13. What is Thomas Builds-a-Fire known for?
(a) Being a book worm.
(b) Being a ladies man.
(c) Walking miles a day.
(d) Telling stories.

14. According to Victor, what is it difficult to be on the reservation?
(a) Successful.
(b) Traditional.
(c) Authentic.
(d) Optimistic.

15. Why does an Indian bring a watch to a Tribal Council meeting?
(a) To make sure the meeting ends on time.
(b) To get the battery replaced.
(c) To sell it to another person at the meeting.
(d) Because it is a sin because it is a watch of a white man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Victor's pony in his hallucination?

2. What happens thirty years ago while Victor's aunt and uncle return home from dancing?

3. What condition does Victor suffer from when his white lover leaves him?

4. Who does Victor invite to take a drug with him?

5. What is Victor's father's advice about remembering the past?

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