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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who does Thomas say are allowed to see Big Mom?
(a) Only special people.
(b) Only dead people.
(c) Only famous people.
(d) Anyone who asks for her.

3. What do Victor and Junior ask Thomas when they see him with the guitar?
(a) Where he got it.
(b) If it belongs to Robert Johnson.
(c) What is the guitar's name.
(d) If it is playable.

4. What does Junior do for work?
(a) Grounds keeper.
(b) School teacher.
(c) He is unemployed.
(d) Drives the water truck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Johnson do when he gets out of Thomas' vehicle?

2. What do the cops do to Lester when they are playing ball?

3. Why does Robert need a particular woman on the reservation?

4. When does Thomas write Reservation Blues?

5. Who pulls Samuel over when Samuel is driving?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Thomas do with the guitar Johnson left in his van and what do Victor and Junior say to Thomas about the guitar? What do they do to the guitar?

2. What does Victor dream about that involves his mother and his stepfather?

3. How did Thomas' father, Samuel, end up playing basketball against six police officers when he was younger?

4. What do Thomas and the two sisters do the night they find his father in the yard?

5. What happens at a rest stop on the way to Seattle?

6. How does the band end up getting a name?

7. What does the man who Thomas meets at an intersection on the reservation first say to Thomas?

8. How does Lester end up with a broken nose during the game with the police?

9. What does Chess ask Thomas about religion and how does Thomas respond?

10. How did Father Arnold become a priest and how did he feel about being sent to the reservation?

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