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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. Why did Junior start to drink?
(a) He thought the girls would like him more.
(b) He likes the taste of whiskey.
(c) He thinks he plays better music.
(d) Victor pushed him to do it.

2. What does the guitar do to Victor?
(a) Force him onstage.
(b) Tells him to leave the bar.
(c) Makes him play the wrong notes.
(d) Give him bloody fingers.

3. Who does Junior dream has captured him in the nineteenth century?
(a) Stonewall Jackson.
(b) General Custer.
(c) An Apache tribe.
(d) George Wright.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Thomas think should pay for their motel in Seattle?

2. What do the strangers from outside the reservation expect to hear from the band?

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

4. What is keeping Chess from sleeping?

5. What is the name of the Indian reservation where a black man comes at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the guitar ask of Thomas while they wait for Victor and Junior and what is Thomas' response?

2. What is Victor doing while the band is waiting for their turn in the the battle of the bands?

3. What was the mix-up with the gig in Seattle?

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

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

6. What does David Walks Along find when he returns to his office from the band rehearsal and what does the band do when they hear his news?

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

8. Why can't Chess sleep in the van due to Junior?

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

10. Why is Robert Johnson at the reservation, and what does Thomas say to him about Big Mom?

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