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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Junior's parents killed?
(a) In a rock slide.
(b) By a man to whom they owed a great deal of money.
(c) When a train hit a bus they were on.
(d) In a car accident.

2. What does Chess tell Thomas about her brother?
(a) About his death.
(b) About his music.
(c) About his business.
(d) About his children.

3. What type of songs does Thomas say the band needs?
(a) Original music.
(b) Native American songs.
(c) Songs that tell a story.
(d) Songs that can be used for dancing.

4. What is Thomas's last name?
(a) Eagle Eye.
(b) Bear Claw.
(c) Builds-the-Fire.
(d) Red Fox.

5. What market place in Seattle does the band visit?
(a) Pike Place Market.
(b) Seattle Square.
(c) Seattle Farmers Market.
(d) Centre Place Square.

6. To where does Chess say she is thinking of moving?
(a) Seattle.
(b) Flathead Reservation.
(c) Portland.
(d) The Spokane Reservation.

7. What does Chess do at her house when they first arrive?
(a) Turn on the television.
(b) Change her clothes.
(c) Make coffee.
(d) Put on some music.

8. What do the strangers from outside the reservation expect to hear from the band?
(a) Spiritrual enlightenment music.
(b) Punk rock.
(c) Heavy Metal music.
(d) Country Western music.

9. What does Chess say about her mother's death?
(a) Her father killed her mother.
(b) She died of cancer.
(c) She fell from the roof.
(d) She was hit by a drunk driver.

10. What is affecting Victor and Junior's playing?
(a) They don't know the new songs.
(b) Their fingers hurt.
(c) They are afraid of the crowd.
(d) Getting too drunk.

11. What surprises Thomas about Victor and Junior and the band?
(a) That they know music.
(b) Their rapid improvement.
(c) That he always considered them stupid.
(d) That they would be in a band with him.

12. Why won't Robert shake hands with Thomas?
(a) The Gentleman might hear.
(b) Thomas is a Native American.
(c) Robert has the flu.
(d) Robert is holding his guitar case in his right hand.

13. What does Thomas tell the band after he talks to the bar owner?
(a) The bar has a room where they can sleep.
(b) The performance has been canceled.
(c) The bar will pay for their motel.
(d) He misunderstood the invitation.

14. Who are upset with the men playing music?
(a) Robert Johnson.
(b) Local church groups.
(c) The sheriff.
(d) Big Mom.

15. What is the name of the Indian reservation where a black man comes at the beginning of the book?
(a) Hiawatha Indian Reservation.
(b) Spokane Indian Reservation.
(c) Butte Pass Indian Reservation.
(d) Praire Dog Indian Reservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Thomas realize about Chess when they first talk?

2. Who does Samuel injure in a game?

3. What does Thomas ask Robert Johnson?

4. What does Checkers first tell Father Arnold when she sees him?

5. How many generations has Big Mom seen come and go?

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