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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does baby James have a dent in his head?
(a) He is accidentally dropped.
(b) His doctor uses forceps during his birth.
(c) He is thrown out of a window.
(d) He has a rare birth defect.

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

3. How does Victor convince the person to assist him with the incident with Dirty Joe at the carnival?
(a) He says that the situation is a public safety concern.
(b) He says that Dirty Joe should be punnished.
(c) He says that Dirty Joe is communicating with dead ancestors.
(d) He says that Indians have no problems with gravity.

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

5. What is the name of Victor's pony in his hallucination?
(a) Security.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Easy Way.
(d) Flight.

6. Where do Victor and his companion escape to when being chased at the carnival?
(a) The house of mirrors.
(b) The tunnel of love.
(c) The first aid station.
(d) The men's restroom.

7. Why do the Indians hear sirens in 1967?
(a) Rosemary Morning Dove's house is on fire.
(b) Several police cars are converging onto a bar.
(c) There is a tornado.
(d) An ambulence is rushing to Rosemary Morning Dove's house.

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

9. What is Victor's advice regarding past and future skeletons in your life?
(a) To live a clean life.
(b) To avoid creating future skeletons.
(c) You keep yourself in the middle of the past and future skeletons.
(d) To forget about them.

10. In Chapter Five, what have Victor and Adrian temporarily refrained from?
(a) Bar brawls.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Sexual Intercourse.
(d) Drinking.

11. What does Victor do after his parents pass out from drinking too much alcohol?
(a) He covers them with a blanket and goes to bed.
(b) He lies down next to them in bed.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He goes out to meet his friends.

12. What is the name of Victor's Urban Indian girlfriend?
(a) New Star First Born Daughter.
(b) Sky Messenger.
(c) Red Cloud at Sundown.
(d) Tremble Dancer.

13. Where does Victor have to travel to deal with his father's ashes after his death?
(a) Phoenix.
(b) Cheyenne.
(c) Tulsa.
(d) Santa Fe.

14. Where does Victor see the flirtatious waitress a second time?
(a) At a friend's party.
(b) At a Powwow.
(c) At a high school basketball game.
(d) At a carnival.

15. According to Victor, what happens every day on the reservation?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Crime.
(c) A striving to overcome adversity.
(d) Fighting and unproductive, unhealthy, negative behaviors.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Victor's aunt after she gives birth to her son?

2. How does Victor play with the BB gun when he and Adrian are together?

3. Which is a story that Thomas Builds-a-Fire tells during his trial?

4. Who does Victor believe destroys everything the Indians hold sacred?

5. Why is the situation in jail like a war?

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