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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 does Victor do when his white lover leaves him?

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

3. What is Victor's father in the 1960's?

4. What do Victor's uncles do at the holiday party?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the clerk at the 7-11 think Victor is a criminal?

2. How do Victor and his friend Adrian play with a BB gun?

3. How does Victor try to communicate and bond with his father?

4. What happens when Victor and Adrian are drinking Pepsi's on the front porch?

5. What does Victor observe in the eighth grade?

6. What happens to Samuel-Builds-a-Fire on his birthday?

7. Why does Victor join Alcoholics Anonymous?

8. Why does Junior fall in love with the blonde girl in his history class?

9. Why is Jimmy One-horse's wife mad at him?

10. What major episode occurs during a New Year's Eve party in 1976?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the concept of family and Alexie's presentation of the family on the reservation. What does it consist of? Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

What is the symbolism of Victor looking at himself in the mirrors in the house of mirrors at the carnival? How does this symbolism relate to the rest of the novel? Cite examples from the book.

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