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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. Why does baby James have a dent in his head?

2. What holiday are the characters celebrating in the first chapter?

3. What happens to Victor's aunt after she gives birth to her son?

4. What does Victor think that James does in 1973?

5. What is Victor's advice regarding past and future skeletons in your life?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is the tribal council burning houses?

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

5. What are Thomas Builds-a-Fire's views on story telling?

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

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

8. What type of hallucinations do Victor and Junior have while taking a new drug at the lake?

9. Why does Samuel-Builds-a-Fire not have anything to drink in the past?

10. What does Victor do when the waitress invites him back to her Winnebago?

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

What does Sherman Alexie mean by "reservation realism"? Use examples from the book in your response.

Essay Topic 3

Explain why basketball is important in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. Explain how two or three of the purposes the motif serves are related to one another. Use examples from the book in your response.

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