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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why are the Indians burning down a house?
(a) Because it has to do with the white men.
(b) Because it makes a really big bon fire.
(c) Because it is a safety hazard.
(d) Because they want to clear the land.

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

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

5. What does Victor demonstrate about the whole situation on the reservation?
(a) Humor.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Withdrawal.
(d) Rebellion.

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

7. Why does Victor's father buy a motorcycle?
(a) To get away from his wife.
(b) He has a leg injury and it is difficult for him to walk.
(c) To visit distant friends.
(d) Because he wants one since he is a child.

8. Why are reservation Indians unable to marry Urban Indians?
(a) The Urban Indians lose all rights and privileges afforded to those on the reservation.
(b) Because of the Indian Resettlement Act.
(c) They live too far away.
(d) It is believed that the Urban Indians have contracted illnesses.

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

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

11. What war does Victor's dad experience while in jail?
(a) A war between the guards and inmates.
(b) A war with more violent inmates.
(c) A war with the legal system.
(d) A war between the racial gangs.

12. Who chases Victor and his companion after the incident with Dirty Joe at the carnival?
(a) A group of teens.
(b) A pack of dogs.
(c) Dirty Joe.
(d) Security guards.

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

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

15. According to Victor, what do their ancestors laugh at?
(a) Selling Indian trinkets to tourists.
(b) Indians owning casinos.
(c) Indians being school mascots.
(d) The economic development that makes his friend prosperous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Victor's parents divorce?

2. Why does Victor take James to the doctor when he is a baby?

3. How does Thomas Builds-a-Fire assist Victor after his father passes away?

4. What do Victor and his companion eventually do with Dirty Joe at the carnival?

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

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