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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Indians burning down a house?
(a) Because it has to do with the white men.
(b) Because it makes a really big bon fire.
(c) Because they want to clear the land.
(d) Because it is a safety hazard.

2. What is one of Dirty Joe's distinguishing features?
(a) A big nose.
(b) He walks with a limp.
(c) Scars from bar fights.
(d) A tattoo on his neck.

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

4. Why do Victor's parents divorce?
(a) Victor's father becomes abusive.
(b) Because Victor's father wants to listen to Jimi Hendrix instead of being with his wife.
(c) They cannot agree on how to squeeze the tube of toothpaste.
(d) They are constantly arguing.

5. According to Victor, what happens every day on the reservation?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Fighting and unproductive, unhealthy, negative behaviors.
(c) Crime.
(d) A striving to overcome adversity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Victor and his companion escape to when being chased at the carnival?

2. Why does Victor take James to the doctor when he is a baby?

3. According to Victor, what do you have to do to avoid past and future skeletons?

4. What does Victor conclude about the waitress at her home?

5. Where does Victor think the troubles from the reservation stem from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Victor's mother think about the stories Victor writes?

2. What does Norma say about Indians?

3. What is Victor's commentary on sober Indians?

4. What are the "hurricanes" that are plaguing the Indian reservation?

5. What does Victor think the trouble on the Indian reservation stems from?

6. What happens when Victor's high school basketball team makes it to the finals during his senior year in high school?

7. What do Victor's sisters do when they are really hungry?

8. How does Victor piece his family history together?

9. What does the Witness Protection Program ask Victor's father about?

10. Why is the tribal council burning houses?

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