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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Victor dream about his stepfather?
(a) How kind his stepfather was.
(b) The man taking Victor's mother away.
(c) When his stepfather died.
(d) The way his stepfather beat him.

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

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

4. What event did Thomas witness that turned him against the Christian religion?
(a) A book burning.
(b) A hell fire and damnation sermon.
(c) Christians taking away orphan Indian children.
(d) Christians tearing down a totem pole.

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

6. What does Victor do before Thomas can play a song?
(a) Smash the guitar.
(b) Take a drink from his whiskey flask.
(c) Break one of Thomas's fingers.
(d) Throw dirt in Thomas's eye.

7. In what year does Johnson say he faked his death?
(a) He didn't fake his death.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1938.

8. Who does Thomas think should pay for their motel in Seattle?
(a) Chess since she is the newest member.
(b) Junior since he has a job.
(c) The bar that invited them.
(d) The guitar should come up with the money.

9. When does Thomas write Reservation Blues?
(a) Two hours after he sat down.
(b) When he is ready to give up writing.
(c) He did not write Reservation Blues.
(d) It took him almost a month to write the song.

10. Why does Junior get fired?
(a) He hit his boss.
(b) The Coyote steals his work truck.
(c) He did not go to work for three days.
(d) He was drunk on the job.

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

12. What does Victor want to do when he finds out they will be competing against twenty bands?
(a) Write a new song.
(b) Go listen to the other bands.
(c) Go home.
(d) Start practicing.

13. What does Thomas realize about Chess when they first talk?
(a) She is too religious.
(b) She is not very intelligent.
(c) She tells stories like he does.
(d) She is a very good hostess.

14. What does the guitar do during the night?
(a) Whispers nightmares into Victor's sleep.
(b) Break a string.
(c) Go into the house.
(d) Play a new song.

15. What does Checkers first tell Father Arnold when she sees him?
(a) She is in love with him.
(b) She is quitting the church.
(c) She has quit the band.
(d) She is in love with Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Father Arnold decide to become a priest?

2. What does Michael White Hawk say about the band in the local paper?

3. What happens to Victor's guitar when he is playing?

4. With whom is Victor performing at the market?

5. What does Chess do at her house when they first arrive?

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