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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 does an Indian bring a watch to a Tribal Council meeting?
(a) To make sure the meeting ends on time.
(b) To get the battery replaced.
(c) Because it is a sin because it is a watch of a white man.
(d) To sell it to another person at the meeting.

2. Where do Victor and his companion escape to when being chased at the carnival?
(a) The first aid station.
(b) The men's restroom.
(c) The house of mirrors.
(d) The tunnel of love.

3. Why does Victor find the waitress so unusual when he is at her place?
(a) She grows up off of the reservation and moves to one when she is older.
(b) Because she has a Holly Hobby collection
(c) Because she has a Buddhist shrine.
(d) Because she is educated and has no scars.

4. According to Victor, what do their ancestors laugh at?
(a) The economic development that makes his friend prosperous.
(b) Indians being school mascots.
(c) Indians owning casinos.
(d) Selling Indian trinkets to tourists.

5. What does Victor think that James does in 1973?
(a) He thinks that James swallows some poison.
(b) He thinks that James talks.
(c) He thinks that James reads a sentence out of a book.
(d) He thinks that James writes a poem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Victor's friend the host of the party at the lake?

2. Why are the Indians burning down a house?

3. Where does Victor meet a flirtatious waitress?

4. What are Victor and his companion's initial thoughts on what to do with Dirty Joe at the carnival?

5. According to Victor, who has money on the reservation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Victor's opinion about 7-11 stores?

2. What happens at Thomas Builds-a-Fire's trial?

3. What is the attitude toward the baby born of a red father and white mother at a barbecue?

4. What do Sadie and Victor do with Dirty Joe at the carnival?

5. What is Dirty Joe's condition when Sadie and Victor find him at the carnival?

6. What does Victor observe in the eighth grade?

7. What is Victor's opinion about Indian names?

8. What does Victor's father do during the 1960s?

9. What happens after Victor's aunt gives birth?

10. Why is the tribal council burning houses?

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