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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do Victor and his companion eventually do with Dirty Joe at the carnival?
(a) They give him some money.
(b) They put him on a roller coaster.
(c) They chain him to a post.
(d) They put a woman's hat and makeup on him.

4. Why does Victor join Alcoholics Anonymous?
(a) He admits he has a problem.
(b) He is incarcerated for abandonment.
(c) He stumbles and falls on James while intoxicated.
(d) He wants to be a good role model for James.

5. What does Victor decide to do after the state final basketball game?
(a) Leave high school.
(b) Attend college.
(c) Coach basketball.
(d) Relax.

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

7. Where has Victor's white lover been the night before she leaves him?
(a) At her mother's house.
(b) At a party.
(c) At a rodeo.
(d) At a bingo game.

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

9. What does Victor do when the waitress flirts with him?
(a) He avoids her.
(b) He winks at her.
(c) He flirts back.
(d) He becomes offended.

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

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

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

13. How do Victor and his friend describe the drug they take?
(a) It is Indian and very spiritual.
(b) It is natural.
(c) It is medicinal.
(d) It is a form of escapism.

14. What do Victor and the waitress discuss at her place?
(a) The differences between men and women.
(b) Their relationships with their parents.
(c) What type of Indian she is.
(d) The problems of the Indian community.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Victor's father buy a motorcycle?

2. What does Victor do when his white lover leaves him?

3. Why is Victor's father against fighting for the United States in the Vietnam War?

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

5. Where does Victor meet a flirtatious waitress?

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