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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. For what was Thomas' father known?
(a) As an excellent hunter.
(b) As a chief.
(c) As a war hero.
(d) As a star basketball player.

4. How does Robert know he needs a particular woman?
(a) He saw an ad on-line.
(b) He sees her in his dreams.
(c) His sister told him to find the woman.
(d) He read about her in the paper.

5. What does Thomas list in a journal entry?
(a) Ten reasons to marry Chess.
(b) Ten wrongs the government did to the Indians.
(c) Ten commandments given to the reservations.
(d) Ten ways to keep an audience interested.

6. What does Chess say about the city of Seattle?
(a) It is too big.
(b) It has a lot of bars in which they can play.
(c) She lived there when she was young.
(d) It was named for an Indian chief.

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

8. What did Robert do years ago which is bothering him?
(a) Made a particular deal.
(b) Killed a friend accidentally.
(c) Left his wife and children.
(d) Borrowed money from the mafia.

9. From whom does a FedEx package arrive?
(a) Chess.
(b) The Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(c) A bar owner on the Flathead Indian Reservation.
(d) A tavern in Seattle.

10. What is Chess and Checkers last name?
(a) Falling Rock.
(b) Warm Water.
(c) Eagle Feathers.
(d) Blue sky.

11. Who does the Indian Victor meet know?
(a) Victor's grandfather.
(b) Victor's older brother.
(c) Victor's mother.
(d) Victor's father.

12. What does Johnson do when he gets out of Thomas' vehicle?
(a) Falls to his knees to pray.
(b) Begins to sing into the forest.
(c) Sits under a tree.
(d) Leaves his guitar.

13. What did Big Mom hear 134 years before Robert Johnson comes?
(a) Angels singing.
(b) Horses screaming.
(c) The nations of Native Americans dying.
(d) Canon fire.

14. What happens when the band arrives for its first gig?
(a) The guitar breaks.
(b) They get lost.
(c) They get a flat tire.
(d) One of their drums falls out on the highway.

15. What does Checker admit in a journal entry about Father Arnold?
(a) He is not a good priest.
(b) He cannot help answer her questions.
(c) She is in love with him.
(d) He has turned her off to religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Samuel tell Lester when Lester asks if Samuel wants children?

2. What kind of music does the band play?

3. Why does Junior get fired?

4. What does Thomas ask Chess and Checkers?

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

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