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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What joke does Victor makes that enrages Checkers?
(a) About Checkers singing.
(b) Making the women cook.
(c) Cooking Samuel.
(d) Having the sisters clean his house.

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

3. What does the FedEx letter say that they receive after Victor and Checkers fight?
(a) Robert Johnson wants his guitar back.
(b) They are being sued.
(c) They are invited to try out for a recording audition.
(d) They are invited to play in Seattle.

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

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

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

7. What does Indian time mean?
(a) Time is in the mind of the white man.
(b) Events occur when they occur.
(c) You are never too late.
(d) You are never too early.

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

9. What does Michael White Hawk say about the band in the local paper?
(a) He wants to join the band.
(b) He thinks they are great musicians.
(c) He dislikes it.
(d) He says they have stolen his songs.

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

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

12. What type of men does Checkers always date?
(a) Men who don't drink alcohol.
(b) Older men.
(c) White men.
(d) Educated men.

13. What does Checkers decide to do about the band?
(a) Change the name.
(b) Quit it.
(c) Stay if they kick Victor out.
(d) She does not decide to do anything about the band.

14. Who does Samuel injure in a game?
(a) The police chief.
(b) Lester.
(c) His brother.
(d) His son.

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) Praire Dog Indian Reservation.
(c) Spokane Indian Reservation.
(d) Butte Pass Indian Reservation.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are Chess and Checkers worried about Thomas?

3. Where does Thomas sleep at Chess's house?

4. What does Junior dream about a car when he was young?

5. Why does being around Betty and Veronica upset Checkers?

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