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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. How does Thomas Builds-a-Fire assist Victor after his father passes away?

2. In Chapter Five, what have Victor and Adrian temporarily refrained from?

3. What does Victor wonder about the event with his uncles during the holiday party?

4. What is Victor's aunt's experience with a mouse?

5. What happens in the bingo game that Victor discusses after his experience with the waitress?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens to Victor in the second grade?

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

5. What does Victor's mother think about the stories Victor writes?

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

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

8. What do Sadie and Victor do with Dirty Joe at the carnival?

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

10. What does John-John imagine when he thinks he hears a jet land outside?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How important is humor in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven? What sort of ­humor prevails? Cite examples from the book to support 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 does Sherman Alexie mean by "reservation realism"? Use examples from the book in your response.

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