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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is one of Dirty Joe's distinguishing features?
(a) Scars from bar fights.
(b) A tattoo on his neck.
(c) He walks with a limp.
(d) A big nose.

3. What happens in the bingo game that Victor discusses after his experience with the waitress?
(a) The numbers on his card do not match the letters.
(b) He has B-6 remaining and the caller shouts B-7 and everyone else wins.
(c) He does not have any markers to place over the numbers.
(d) The caller keeps calling numbers that are not on his card.

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

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

6. Why is Victor's father against fighting for the United States in the Vietnam War?
(a) Because he considers the Vietnamese like the Indians.
(b) Because he does not consider himself an American citizen.
(c) Because he does not agree with the reasons why the United States goes to war.
(d) Because the government kills so many Indians in the past.

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

8. Why does Victor refer to the situation on the reservation as "hurricanes"?
(a) Because it devastates peoples' lives.
(b) Because it peaks during late summer.
(c) Because the people have to wait for the government to step in.
(d) Because it spawns smaller "storm".

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

10. How old is Victor when he is introduced to the reader?
(a) Twenty-two-years old.
(b) Nine-years old.
(c) Thirty-years old.
(d) Sixteen-years old.

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

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

13. What do Victor's uncles do at the holiday party?
(a) They try to drink more than the other.
(b) They brutally fight each other.
(c) They challenge each other to a race.
(d) They start a large fire.

14. What happens to Victor's aunt after she gives birth to her son?
(a) She has a hysterectomy.
(b) She falls and breaks her leg.
(c) The doctor tricks her into tying her tubes.
(d) She catches pneumonia.

15. What does Victor wonder about the event with his uncles during the holiday party?
(a) Why everyone is gathering around.
(b) Why no one stops them.
(c) Why two grown men act this way.
(d) How they act if they do not live on a reservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Victor and the waitress discuss at her place?

2. What happens to Dirty Joe during the incident at the carnival?

3. Why is Victor's friend the host of the party at the lake?

4. What does Victor's father tell him about his mother?

5. In Chapter Five, what have Victor and Adrian temporarily refrained from?

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