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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 experienced at?
(a) Sewing.
(b) Painting.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Making pottery.

2. 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 covers them with a blanket and goes to bed.
(c) He begins to cry.
(d) He goes out to meet his friends.

3. What happens to Victor after a night of drinking when his white lover leaves him?
(a) The bartender refuses to serve him anymore.
(b) He gets into a bar fight.
(c) He passes out.
(d) He vomits.

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

5. What does Victor refer to when he discusses the "hurricanes" on the reservation?
(a) Alcohol.
(b) Wind storms.
(c) Wayward youths.
(d) Large uprisings.

6. Which is a story that Thomas Builds-a-Fire tells during his trial?
(a) A story about how he attacks pioneers in 1870.
(b) A story about how he kills soldiers in 1858.
(c) A story about how he is a flying ace in World War I.
(d) A story about how he signs a treaty with the U.S. government in 1832.

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

8. Why is Victor punishing Dirty Joe at the carnival?
(a) For promoting negative stereotypes of Indian people.
(b) For his drunkeness.
(c) For threatening people.
(d) For being offensive to his mother.

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

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

11. What are Victor and Adrian drinking on the front porch?
(a) Pepsi.
(b) Water.
(c) Moonshine.
(d) Beer.

12. 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) She catches pneumonia.
(d) The doctor tricks her into tying her tubes.

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

14. How does Thomas Builds-a-Fire assist Victor after his father passes away?
(a) He gives him money.
(b) He lets Victor cry on his shoulder.
(c) He offers him a ride.
(d) He helps Victor sort through his father's possessions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Victor, what is it difficult to be on the reservation?

2. How does Victor try to bond with his father?

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

4. What does Thomas Builds-a-Fire do during the incident twenty years ago?

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

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