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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. Why does baby James have a dent in his head?

3. What does Victor think that James does in 1973?

4. Why is Victor's father against fighting for the United States in the Vietnam War?

5. How does Adrian play with the BB gun when he and Victor are together?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Norma say about Indians?

2. How does Victor's father kill a man?

3. What does Victor think the trouble on the Indian reservation stems from?

4. Why is Victor amazed at the waitress he meets at the fry bread stand?

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

6. What does Victor do when the waitress invites him back to her Winnebago?

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

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

9. What does Victor's father do during the 1960s?

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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