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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What kind of Indian is Sharon?
(a) Spokane.
(b) Lakota.
(c) Apache.
(d) Cherokee.
2. Where do David and Sharon find a lost cat?
(a) In some blackberry bushes.
(b) In a dumpster.
(c) In Sharon's college dorm.
(d) In an alley.
3. What does Marie want William to do instead of catch his plane?
(a) Stay in bed and make love.
(b) Go fishing.
(c) Quit his job.
(d) Drive the kids to school.
4. About what does William sometimes fantasize?
(a) Winning the lottery.
(b) Other women and possible lives with them.
(c) A new job.
(d) Being a hero.
5. What story does Sharon tell at every family gathering during her long marriage to David?
(a) Their first meeting story.
(b) Their first child's birth story.
(c) The lost cat story.
(d) Their wedding day story.
6. What do Sharon's parents do for a living?
(a) They're lawyers.
(b) They're architects.
(c) They're musicians.
(d) They own a convenience store.
7. What is Estelle's real name in "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above"?
(a) Amanda Sue Dickerson.
(b) Estelle Red Blanket.
(c) Sarah Jane Parker.
(d) Estelle Miller.
8. What health problem does William have?
(a) High blood pressure.
(b) An ulcer.
(c) Insomnia.
(d) Indigestion.
9. Who is Estelle's son engaged to when he meets the woman he eventually marries?
(a) Cynthia, a liberal white woman.
(b) White Flower, a Spokane Indian woman.
(c) Mary, a Crow Indian woman.
(d) Estelle, a Spokane Indian woman.
10. How much money does Jackson win at the lottery?
(a) One million dollars.
(b) One hundred dollars.
(c) Eight thousand dollars.
(d) Ten dollars.
11. What does Jackson say is the only thing at which he's ever been good or effective?
(a) Being homeless.
(b) Selling shoes.
(c) Making jewelry.
(d) Making love.
12. What does Estelle do after she spots the woman in the white dress?
(a) Rolls down her window and beckons the woman.
(b) Ignores the woman.
(c) Stops her car but doesn't get out to assist the woman.
(d) Honks her horn at the woman.
13. Why is the regalia Jackson spots in the pawnshop window no longer in the possession of its rightful owner?
(a) The original owner gave it away.
(b) The original owner pawned it.
(c) The original owner sold it.
(d) It was stolen fifty years earlier.
14. How many children do David and Sharon have?
(a) Four.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.
15. What does Estelle's son say he sometimes feels like instead of her son?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) Her student.
(d) Her friend.
Short Answer Questions
1. For what physical feature is Estelle's son known?
2. After Jackson spends his lottery winnings, who gives him another twenty-five dollars?
3. What does Jackson do with his lottery winnings?
4. What two things do David and Sharon have in common when they meet?
5. How much money does Jackson initially have for redeeming the pow-wow regalia?
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