View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Victor's mother not like the stories he writes?
(a) Because they use so much profanity.
(b) Because she thinks he is wasting too much time writing them.
(c) Because he is too revealing about family matters.
(d) Because they are so negative.

2. Where does Victor find a new job?
(a) Walla Walla.
(b) Wenatchee.
(c) Spokane.
(d) Grand Culee.

3. Where does Jimmy One-horse and his wife first meet?
(a) At Cindy's fry bread stand.
(b) At the Powwow Tavern.
(c) At a party.
(d) In high school.

4. What does Victor compare diabetes to?
(a) A kidnapper.
(b) A lover.
(c) A temptress.
(d) A good friend.

5. What does the clerk at the 7-11 give to Victor?
(a) A slurpee.
(b) A six-pack of beer.
(c) The contact info for the store manager for a job.
(d) A creamsicle.

6. What do Victor's sisters do when they are very hungry while growing up?
(a) They dig through dumptsters.
(b) They beg for food.
(c) They scrape food from the table with their teeth.
(d) They make mud pies in the yard.

7. What hurtful thing does John-John imagine about Joseph's return?
(a) Saying he is home briefly then leaves again.
(b) That Joseph does not remember him.
(c) Joseph reprimanding him for not writing.
(d) Joseph reprimanding him for not taking better care of their mother.

8. What happens to Samuel-builds-a-fire on the railroad tracks?
(a) He passes out with a train headed straight toward him.
(b) He gets mugged.
(c) His foot gets caught in the railroad ties.
(d) He meets a hobo who shares his dinner.

9. What gift does the person whom Uncle Moses befriends have?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) Playing basketball.
(c) Leadership.
(d) Painting.

10. What is the nature of the gift that the person whom Uncle Moses befriends?
(a) Improbable.
(b) Not marketable.
(c) Overlooked.
(d) Rare.

11. What is Victor's equation for survival?
(a) Survival = Ingenuity X Stamina.
(b) Survival = Determination X Imagination.
(c) Survival = Skills X Stamina.
(d) Survival = Anger X Imagination.

12. What is held up at the barbecue?
(a) A picture.
(b) A fist.
(c) A baby.
(d) A can of beer.

13. Why does Victor call Nora grandmother?
(a) Because he is kidding.
(b) Because she is old enough to be his grandmother.
(c) Out of respect.
(d) Because she has a grandchild.

14. What news does Samuel-builds-a-fire receive at work?
(a) A co-worker passes away.
(b) He is being let go from his job.
(c) He is doing a different job.
(d) His boss is arrested.

15. Why do Victor's sisters put food coloring in the potatoes while growing up?
(a) To imagine they are eating different foods.
(b) Because they think it looks pretty.
(c) Because they think the meal looks too bland.
(d) Because they could not afford Play-doh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor try to figure out every year between the age of thirteen to twenty-five?

2. What does Victor's teacher want him to do in the second grade?

3. What does Victor's father not know about the man who disappears?

4. What about the Indian people does Victor discuss in Chapter 15?

5. What does the psychic child advise Victor to do?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 621 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample