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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's basketball team goes to the state finals in high school?

3. What does Victor do when the waitress flirts with him?

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

5. What do Victor and the waitress discuss at her place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Sadie and Victor after the incident with Dirty Joe at the carnival?

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

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

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

5. What is John-John's explanation for having two names?

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

7. What is Victor's attitude when he is drinking and missing his white lover?

8. What are the "hurricanes" that are plaguing the Indian reservation?

9. What do Victor's sisters do when they are really hungry?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Alexie subtly creates a message that the tribal world is eroding. How does this threat to the culture affect the characters? Use examples from the novel to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How is the idea of salvation featured in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven? Use examples from the book to support your response.

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