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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Victor falls back on drinking the day his white lover returns, but what does he attempt to do that day?
(a) To help a friend move.
(b) To be productive.
(c) To start a job search.
(d) To go on the wagon.

2. Victor says that Indians do not care whether the glass is half-full or half empty. Then what do the Indians care about?
(a) That they have a glass.
(b) Whether something happens to the glass.
(c) Whether the glass is going to be empty by the next day.
(d) That the glass is filled with beer.

3. Who hosts a party at the lake?
(a) Adrian.
(b) Samuel-Builds-the-Fire.
(c) Thomas-Builds-the-Fire.
(d) Junior.

4. What happens when Victor's basketball team goes to the state finals in high school?
(a) Their bus breaks down.
(b) They are one referee short.
(c) The coach is late to the game.
(d) Their star player is injured.

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

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

7. 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.

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

9. What does Victor say he is afraid of when he and the waitress start to become intimate?
(a) Unprotected sexual intercourse.
(b) Mundane things like escalators.
(c) Becoming too close to someone.
(d) Becoming like his father.

10. Why do Victor's parents divorce?
(a) They cannot agree on how to squeeze the tube of toothpaste.
(b) Because Victor's father wants to listen to Jimi Hendrix instead of being with his wife.
(c) They are constantly arguing.
(d) Victor's father becomes abusive.

11. What are Victor and his companion's initial thoughts on what to do with Dirty Joe at the carnival?
(a) To leave him.
(b) To take him home.
(c) To fight with him.
(d) To call the police.

12. What happens to Victor's dad and the motorcycle?
(a) He is in a bar fight and he is injured and his motorcycle is damaged.
(b) He is pulled over by a police officer who is trying to find trumped up charges.
(c) He has an accident and is in the hospital for a few months.
(d) He sells the motorcycle.

13. What does Victor think that James does in 1973?
(a) He thinks that James talks.
(b) He thinks that James reads a sentence out of a book.
(c) He thinks that James swallows some poison.
(d) He thinks that James writes a poem.

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

15. Who is with Victor when they see Dirty Joe at the carnival?
(a) Adrian.
(b) Junior.
(c) Thomas "Builds-the-Fire".
(d) Sadie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Thomas Builds-a-Fire sent to prison after his trial?

2. Why are reservation Indians unable to marry Urban Indians?

3. What war does Victor's dad experience while in jail?

4. What happens when Victor and the waitress try to become intimate?

5. Where does Victor think the troubles from the reservation stem from?

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