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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do Victor and Junior do after the show?
(a) Sit in the bar and drink.
(b) Load the equipment.
(c) Go off with two women.
(d) Pass out.

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

5. What does David find out about his nephew, Michael?
(a) He has been released from prison.
(b) He has joined the army.
(c) He has been killed in prison.
(d) He is coming back to kill Junior.

6. How are the newspaper reviews of the band?
(a) Overwhelmingly bad.
(b) Mixed.
(c) There are no reviews.
(d) Overwhelmingly good.

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

8. What happens to Victor's guitar when he is playing?
(a) It starts a fire.
(b) Nothing.
(c) It breaks three strings.
(d) Its neck splits.

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

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

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

12. What does Chess do when the band is playing?
(a) Go onstage and sing with them.
(b) Boo at their mistakes.
(c) Throw wet napkins on the stage.
(d) Clap and cheer loudly.

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

14. What does Thomas suggest as a name for the band?
(a) Snow Geese.
(b) Prairie Dog Blues.
(c) Coyote Springs.
(d) Buffalo Bills.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Victor dream about with a priest?

2. What disappointed Father Arnold about the reservation?

3. How does Robert know he needs a particular woman?

4. Who does Thomas say are allowed to see Big Mom?

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

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