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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens thirty years ago while Victor's aunt and uncle return home from dancing?

2. What happens when Victor and Adrian's high school buddies walk by the porch where they are sitting?

3. Who does Victor invite to take a drug with him?

4. What is the result of the state final basketball game that Victor's high school team plays?

5. How does Victor play with the BB gun when he and Adrian are together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Victor's reaction when he misses his white lover?

2. How does Thomas Builds-a-Fire assist Victor after his father dies?

3. What does Victor do at a barbecue?

4. Who are the Urban Indians?

5. What are Victor's thoughts on skeleton's in one's life?

6. How does Victor describe Uncle Moses?

7. What happens when Victor drives to a wealthy neighborhood after he has a fight with his girlfriend?

8. Why is Victor amazed at the waitress he meets at the fry bread stand?

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

10. Why do Victor's father and mother divorce?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Alexie use Victor and Thomas to typify two stereotypical roles of the warrior and shaman? How do these stereotyped characters function to achieve the author's purpose? Use examples from the novel to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how irony is used by the author. How effective is the use of irony in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven? Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

What attitudes or traditions about American Indians does Alexie apparently wish to change? What techniques does the author use to influence the reader's views? Use specifics from the novel in your answer.

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