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

2. What does Jackson do with his lottery winnings?
(a) Buys Rose of Sharon flowers.
(b) Takes a cab ride to the reservation.
(c) Gives away twenty and spends the rest on alcohol.
(d) Buys more lottery tickets.

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

4. What kind of Indian is David?
(a) Lakota.
(b) Spokane.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Apache.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How much money does Jackson initially have for redeeming the pow-wow regalia?

4. Once David and she find the cat, what does Sharon remember seeing in the newspaper the previous week?

5. Who are Rose of Sharon and Junior in "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Real Change and how is it involved in Jackson's quest for his grandmother's regalia?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

10. What does Estelle decide to do the summer her son turns thirteen, and how does her decision affect her son?

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