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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. According to Victor, what happens every day on the reservation?

2. What does Victor do when his white lover leaves him?

3. According to Victor, what do their ancestors laugh at?

4. How do Victor and his teammates pass the time at the state basketball finals?

5. What is Victor's aunt experienced at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Victor's father's view on war?

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

3. Who are the Urban Indians?

4. What does Victor do at a barbecue?

5. What happens to Victor's parents at the New Year's Eve party in 1976?

6. What event leads Thomas Builds-a-Fire to stop telling stories?

7. What happens to Victor in the second grade?

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

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

10. What does Norma say about Indians?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do missing fathers impact some of the stories in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven? How does this lack contribute to Victor's feeling of abandonment? Use specific answers from the the book in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Alexie uses literal and figurative references to weather throughout The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven. What effect does this have in creating a connection of natural forces and humans? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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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