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

2. What does Estelle's son say he sometimes feels like instead of her son?
(a) Her friend.
(b) Her student.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her boyfriend.

3. What does the taxi driver say when passengers ask him if he's East Coast or West Coast?
(a) I'm both coasts.
(b) I'm Ivory Coast.
(c) I'm East Coast.
(d) I'm West Coast.

4. Once David and she find the cat, what does Sharon remember seeing in the newspaper the previous week?
(a) A photo of her rival for David.
(b) An ad for engagement rings.
(c) A want ad for her dream job.
(d) A lost-cat ad.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does William wear his hair?

2. What does Estelle's son say at the end of the story that he and his mother have done all his life and will keep doing until one eventually buries the other?

3. What feminist book does Estelle make her son read?

4. Where do David and Sharon find a lost cat?

5. What did the taxi driver study at Oxford?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jackson consider himself an "effective" homeless man?

2. What is William's relationship with his wife in "Flight Patterns"?

3. Why do you think Jackson is so eager to redeem his grandmother's powwow regalia?

4. Describe Estelle's relationship with her son in "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above."

5. How does the title of the story "Do You Know Where I Am?" relate to the story?

6. How are white people depicted in "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above" and how does this depiction compare to Estelle's opinion of white people?

7. Why does Estelle's son say he doesn't know what an Indian is supposed to be?

8. How does the lost cat illustrate the story's theme of redemption in "Do You Know Where I Am?"

9. What are the similarities between Fekadu and William in "Flight Patterns"?

10. Why can't Fekadu return to Ethiopia?

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