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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) Lakota.
(b) Cherokee.
(c) Apache.
(d) Spokane.

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

3. What feminist book does Estelle make her son read?
(a) The Feminine Mystique.
(b) Our Bodies, Ourselves.
(c) Moving the Mountain.
(d) Radical Feminism.

4. Who are Rose of Sharon and Junior in "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem"?
(a) Jackson's children.
(b) Homeless friends who hang out with Jackson.
(c) Jackson's neighbors.
(d) Jackson's siblings.

5. What is Estelle's real name in "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above"?
(a) Amanda Sue Dickerson.
(b) Sarah Jane Parker.
(c) Estelle Miller.
(d) Estelle Red Blanket.

6. Whose music is William listening to at the beginning of "Flight Patterns"?
(a) Madonna's music.
(b) The Rolling Stones' music.
(c) The Beatles' music.
(d) Patsy Cline's music.

7. Which of the following is something William does?
(a) Eats processed sugar.
(b) Smokes.
(c) Declines to take pills.
(d) Drinks.

8. How does William wear his hair?
(a) Short.
(b) Long and in two braids.
(c) In a ponytail.
(d) He shaves his head.

9. What does Sharon give David for his fortieth birthday?
(a) A T-shirt referring to the lost cat.
(b) A painting.
(c) A set of golf clubs.
(d) A Tarot card reading.

10. From where is the taxi driver in "Flight Patterns"?
(a) Ethiopia.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Portugal.
(d) Spain.

11. What story does Sharon tell at every family gathering during her long marriage to David?
(a) Their first child's birth story.
(b) The lost cat story.
(c) Their wedding day story.
(d) Their first meeting story.

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

13. Where do David and Sharon find a lost cat?
(a) In a dumpster.
(b) In an alley.
(c) In Sharon's college dorm.
(d) In some blackberry bushes.

14. After Jackson spends his lottery winnings, who gives him another twenty-five dollars?
(a) The pawnshop owner.
(b) Junior.
(c) Rose of Sharon.
(d) Officer Williams.

15. Which of the following statements is not marital advice Estelle gives her son?
(a) Wash dishes.
(b) Vacuum.
(c) Do the laundry.
(d) Give your wife expensive gifts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jackson say is the only thing at which he's ever been good or effective?

2. What does Jackson try to sell to earn money to redeem the pow-wow regalia from the pawnshop?

3. How long has it been since the taxi driver in "Flight Patterns" has seen his children?

4. What does Estelle's answering machine message say she's probably out doing?

5. How old is Estelle's son at the beginning of the story?

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