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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Victor and Junior have to stay at Thomas' house?

2. What does Big Mom say Robert Johnson was meant to be?

3. How many hours a day does Coyote Springs practice for the next week?

4. What is the basic content of the letter printed in the reservation newspaper?

5. Who says he is leaving the reservation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Johnson convince Big Mom to do and what does she give him? Why does she give him it?

2. What does Victor dream about the guitar?

3. What does Junior do when the band leaves Big Mom?

4. What happens to Thomas in church and what does he decide needs done?

5. What problem does the band encounter at the airport and what does Thomas do during the flight?

6. What does Big Mom tell Checkers about Father Arnold and what does Checkers do about it?

7. What happens when Michael White Hawk sees Victor, Junior, Betty and Veronica?

8. What does Checkers think about the band and why does she think that?

9. What happens to the band in the recording studio?

10. How does Father Arnold end up going to comfort the band?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Junior's dream is horrific in its detail. Wright and Sheridan were actual historical figures involved in the forcing of Native Americans onto reservations. While Wright might seem more compassionate to the Native American viewpoint, Sheridan seems to have no such weakness.

1. Do you think a person might be able to get insight into his/her life through a dream? Use examples from your own life and the text to support your answer.

2. What do you think is the symbolism of Wright and Sheridan in the book? Use examples from your own life and the text to support your answer.

3. What type of conflicts might Wright have had if he felt compassion for the very people he help herd onto reservations? What types of emotional and mental conflicts could he have experienced? Use examples from your own life and the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Reservation Blues".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of "Reservation Blues". How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Reservation Blues". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

Essay Topic 3

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?

2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?

3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?

4. Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character development share equal time? Why or why not.

5. What type of plot do you think Reservation Blues is? Explain your response.

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