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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens when Victor drives into a wealthy neighborhood?
(a) His car breaks down.
(b) He is pulled over by a police officer.
(c) Several people ask him what he is doing there.
(d) People stare at him.

2. Why is Jimmy One-Horse's wife upset at him?
(a) Jimmy has cancer and makes jokes about it.
(b) Jimmy has an affair with another woman.
(c) He keeps leaving the toilet seat up.
(d) Jimmy is verbally abusive to her.

3. What does Samuel-builds-a-fire do on his birthday?
(a) He walks to work.
(b) He arrives to work a half hour early.
(c) He purchases a new pair of shoes.
(d) He plans to ask a woman out on a date.

4. What does Victor's mother think of the Indian community?
(a) That they are a lost cause.
(b) That they are victims.
(c) That they are admirable people with great strength.
(d) That they are given gifts.

5. What does Victor imagine that an Indian invents?
(a) The A-bomb.
(b) Vaccines.
(c) The automatic machine gun.
(d) The telephone.

6. What does Victor say about life off of the reservation?
(a) It makes him paranoid.
(b) It is like a bad dream you never wake up from.
(c) It is like heaven.
(d) It is mesmerizing.

7. How does Victor's family watch television?
(a) With the sound down so they can talk about what they are watching.
(b) So loud that it distorts their conversations.
(c) In black and white.
(d) In the dining room so they do not dwell on not having enough food.

8. What does John-John imagine he hears?
(a) A bus.
(b) A helicopter landing.
(c) A ship coming into port.
(d) A jet landing.

9. Who does Uncle Moses befriend?
(a) Edgar.
(b) Adrian.
(c) Arnold.
(d) Junior.

10. What does Victor imagine happens to Christopher Columbus?
(a) A tribe of Indians drown him.
(b) His ship is captured by pirates and he never returns.
(c) His ship gets lost at sea.
(d) He actually makes it to India instead of the United States.

11. What does Victor think about Nora?
(a) That he might have a crush on her.
(b) That she makes a good wife for some lucky man.
(c) That she is extremely careless.
(d) That he highly respects her.

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

13. What happens to Victor in the first grade?
(a) He is put in the lowest reading group.
(b) He is teased by bullies.
(c) He is repeatedly asked to go to the principal's office for disruptive behavior.
(d) He is placed in the back of the classroom and ignored.

14. What is one of John-John's talents?
(a) Singing.
(b) Telling stories.
(c) Woodworking.
(d) Playing basketball.

15. How do sober Indians treat drunken Indians?
(a) With infinite patience.
(b) With sympathy.
(c) With disdain.
(d) With humor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens after Nora visits the Powwow Tavern?

2. What does Nora say about the Indian people?

3. What does Junior Polatkin tell the blonde girl what it is like being an Indian at the university?

4. What does Victor talk about during his high school years?

5. What is John-John's explanation for having two names?

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