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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Jimmy One-horse's wife go when she is upset with him?
(a) The Chinook bar.
(b) To her mother's house.
(c) To the Powwow Tavern.
(d) Into the woods.

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

3. What does Nora say about the Indian people?
(a) They are given a bad deal.
(b) They are shiftless and lazy.
(c) They are the most sensitive people.
(d) They are honorable people.

4. What is Samuel-builds-a-fire's job title?
(a) Maid at a motel.
(b) Landscaper.
(c) Construction worker.
(d) Store clerk.

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

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

7. What does Victor use to explain different events in his life?
(a) The periods after each sibling is born.
(b) The television.
(c) The grades he is in during school.
(d) By the cars his family own.

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

9. 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 the dining room so they do not dwell on not having enough food.
(d) In black and white.

10. How does the grass feel to Victor at the barbecue?
(a) Jagged.
(b) Dry.
(c) Smooth.
(d) Moist.

11. What does Victor talk about during his high school years?
(a) Girls.
(b) Studying.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Drinking.

12. What is Samuel-builds-a-fire's talent?
(a) Playing basketball.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Playing the trumpet.
(d) Telling stories.

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

14. What does Victor recount about one time Victor's father is drunk while growing up?
(a) He wanders off into the night.
(b) He starts a fight with a neighbor.
(c) He stumbles down the stairs.
(d) He walks into a closet thinking it is a bathroom.

15. To Victor, what about an Indian boy is beautiful?
(a) His hair.
(b) His laughter.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Victor's mother not like the stories he writes?

2. What does Jimmy One-horse's wife think about the man with whom she has an affair?

3. What happens to Samuel-builds-a-fire on the railroad tracks?

4. Why do Victor's sisters put food coloring in the potatoes while growing up?

5. Where does Junior Polatkin attend college?

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