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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the psychic child advise Victor to do?
(a) To break all of the mirrors in the house and tape them to his body.
(b) To put glue on his body and roll around in leaves.
(c) To build a tree house and live there for a month.
(d) To stand on his roof and shout at people walking by.

2. Why does the 7-11 clerk think Victor is a criminal?
(a) Because he has his hand in his pocket.
(b) He looks like a man whose picture is hanging in the store.
(c) Because he has a tattoo that looks like a prison gang tattoo.
(d) Because he has long black hair and he is an Indian.

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

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

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

6. Where do Junior and the blond girl run into each other during Christmas break?
(a) At a bar.
(b) At a diner.
(c) While checking his mailbox.
(d) At a bus station.

7. Where does John-John sit waiting for Joseph to come home?
(a) On the roof.
(b) In the yard.
(c) On the front porch.
(d) By the window.

8. Why does Junior Polatkin fall in love with the blonde girl in history class?
(a) He thinks she is attractive.
(b) He believes she understands what it is like for Indians.
(c) He believes she is very worldly.
(d) He thinks she is smart.

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

10. How does Victor describe Uncle Moses?
(a) He is the town drunk.
(b) A man of great virtue.
(c) An embarassment to the family.
(d) A man that is remembered by all.

11. What creates beauty?
(a) A cracked piece of glass.
(b) A napkin blowing across the ground.
(c) A smile on a child's face.
(d) Fallen flower petals.

12. What does Jimmy One-horse's wife think about the man with whom she has an affair?
(a) He is too flirtatious.
(b) He drinks too much.
(c) He is too serious.
(d) He is too self-absorbed.

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

14. What happens after Nora visits the Powwow Tavern?
(a) She stops by a diner.
(b) She stops by her mother's grave.
(c) She passes out.
(d) She usually takes someone home with her.

15. What is John-John's explanation for having two names?
(a) He is named after his Uncle John and his Grandfather John.
(b) It is a mistake made on his birth certificare.
(c) Because it is easier to remember.
(d) His parents like the rhythmic sound.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor recount about one time Victor's father is drunk while growing up?

2. What is one of John-John's talents?

3. What does the clerk at the 7-11 give to Victor?

4. What does Victor imagine happens to Christopher Columbus?

5. Why is Victor's father not surprised an acquaintance disappears when he is questioned by the Witness Protection Program?

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