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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. Who chases Victor and his companion after the incident with Dirty Joe at the carnival?

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

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

4. How do Victor and his friend describe the drug they take?

5. What is the condition that Thomas Builds-a-Fire places on his assistance after Victor's father's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Victor describe Uncle Moses?

2. What does Victor do at a barbecue?

3. Why does Junior drop out of college?

4. What is the story that Jimmy One-horse tells about he and his wife being pulled over by a police officer?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is Victor's opinion about 7-11 stores?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why are the characters on the Spokane Indian reservation opposed to assimilation into the mainstream culture? Why do the the reservation Indians shun the urban Indians? Is it likely that a person's cultural background is totally erased? Use evidence from the book in your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Show how the significance of the title of the novel is developed through the author's use of devices such as contrast, repetition, allusion, and point of view. Cite specific examples from the novel to support your answer.

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