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

2. Why do David and Sharon each spend their college graduation day alone?
(a) They break up temporarily because of David's lie.
(b) Their families don't like each other.
(c) They are each moving to different cities.
(d) They graduate from different schools.

3. What does Jackson say is the only thing at which he's ever been good or effective?
(a) Making love.
(b) Making jewelry.
(c) Selling shoes.
(d) Being homeless.

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

5. What does Sharon confess to David one night in "Do You Know Where I Am?"
(a) She has gambled their mortgage money away.
(b) She's been fired from her job.
(c) She's had an affair.
(d) She's an alcoholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work does William do?

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

3. How much does the pawnshop owner tell Jackson it will cost to redeem the regalia?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways is the title "Flight Patterns" related to the story?

2. Why does Estelle Walks Above change her name?

3. In "Do You Know Where I Am?", what is Sharon's family background and is it the stereotypical background for an Indian?

4. In what ways does "Flight Patterns" reflect that it takes place in a post-September 11th world?

5. Describe what Sharon and David do with their children on the day Sharon confesses her infidelity and what it indicates about Sharon and David's relationship.

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

7. What factors do you think contribute to and help perpetuate Jackson's homelessness in "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem"?

8. Why do you think Estelle fails to help the bleeding woman in the final scene of the story and how does this failure affect her relationship with her son?

9. Describe Jackson's relationship with Officer Williams in "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem."

10. 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?

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