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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Jackson his first twenty dollars for redeeming the pow-wow regalia from the pawn shop?
(a) Rose of Sharon.
(b) The pawnshop owner.
(c) Officer Williams.
(d) Junior.

2. How does Jackson get the pow-wow regalia at the end of "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem"?
(a) He wins the lottery and redeems it.
(b) He steals it.
(c) Officer Williams loans him the money to redeem it.
(d) The pawnshop owner gives it to him.

3. What does William's daughter in "Flight Patterns" fear will happen to him after September 11th?
(a) That he will be mistaken for a terrorist.
(b) That his plane will be hijacked by terrorists.
(c) That his plane will crash.
(d) That he will leave her and Marie.

4. What does Estelle's answering machine message say she's probably out doing?
(a) Parachuting from a plane.
(b) Bungee jumping.
(c) Romancing a man.
(d) Climbing a dormant volcano.

5. How long has it been since the taxi driver in "Flight Patterns" has seen his children?
(a) One month.
(b) One year.
(c) Many years.
(d) Two years.

6. How much money does Jackson win at the lottery?
(a) Eight thousand dollars.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) One million dollars.
(d) One hundred dollars.

7. What does Jackson buy with twenty of his last twenty-five dollars?
(a) A hotel room.
(b) Food for some hungry and homeless Aleut Indians.
(c) A shave and haircut.
(d) Newspapers.

8. In what year does "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above" begin?
(a) 1850.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1950.

9. How old is Estelle's son at the beginning of the story?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Thirteen.

10. What does Estelle's son say white people often think Indians are?
(a) Primitive.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Shamanic geniuses.
(d) Poor and uneducated.

11. What does Marie want William to do instead of catch his plane?
(a) Drive the kids to school.
(b) Quit his job.
(c) Stay in bed and make love.
(d) Go fishing.

12. Who is Estelle's son engaged to when he meets the woman he eventually marries?
(a) Estelle, a Spokane Indian woman.
(b) White Flower, a Spokane Indian woman.
(c) Cynthia, a liberal white woman.
(d) Mary, a Crow Indian woman.

13. When Sharon calls David a liar at the end of "Do You Know Where I Am?", how many times does David say he has lied to his wife?
(a) Once.
(b) Never.
(c) Ten times.
(d) Countless times.

14. About what does William sometimes fantasize?
(a) A new job.
(b) Being a hero.
(c) Winning the lottery.
(d) Other women and possible lives with them.

15. What does Estelle do after she spots the woman in the white dress?
(a) Stops her car but doesn't get out to assist the woman.
(b) Ignores the woman.
(c) Rolls down her window and beckons the woman.
(d) Honks her horn at the woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jackson buy with his initial twenty-five dollars?

2. How long does the pawnshop owner give Jackson to come back with the money to redeem the regalia?

3. For what physical feature is Estelle's son known?

4. What does Sharon give David for his fortieth birthday?

5. What did the taxi driver study at Oxford?

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