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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Junior describe as "the very best thing about my grandmother" in Chapter 22: "Red Versus White"?
(a) She was enduring.
(b) She was strong.
(c) She was tolerant.
(d) She was peaceful.

2. What does Junior say the score is after the first set in the volleyball game that Penelope plays in, in Chapter 16: "Rowdy Gives Me Advice About Love"?
(a) 16-2.
(b) 8-8.
(c) 2-6.
(d) 12-0.

3. What grade has Junior earned in "Let's-Make-Birdhouses Wood Shop" in Chapter 28: "My Final Freshman Year Report Card"?
(a) B-.
(b) C-.
(c) A-.
(d) A+.

4. When Junior sends Rowdy a picture of his smiling face, what does Rowdy respond with a picture of in Chapter 18: "Don't Trust Your Computer"?
(a) Him flipping the bird.
(b) His bare bottom.
(c) His girlfriend.
(d) His smiling face.

5. How much money does Junior have when he attends the Winter Formal in Chapter 17: "Dance, Dance, Dance"?
(a) $20.
(b) $5.
(c) $10.
(d) $30.

6. In Junior's drawing from Chapter 19: "My Sister Sends Me a Letter," he compares his sister's new home to what?
(a) A beaver dam.
(b) A castle.
(c) A TV dinner tray.
(d) A tree house.

7. What does Gordy say happens to weird people, from primitive cultures to today, in Chapter 18: "Don't Trust Your Computer"?
(a) They are banished.
(b) They are worshiped.
(c) They are executed.
(d) They are regaled.

8. What item does the rich white guy present to the mourners at the funeral, saying that he believes it belonged to Junior's grandmother in Chapter 23: "Wake"?
(a) A dream-catcher.
(b) A clay pot.
(c) A bow and a quiver of arrows.
(d) A powwow dance outfit.

9. What is Gordy's response when Junior says "Some Indians think you become white if you try to make your life better, if you become successful," in Chapter 18: "Don't Trust Your Computer"?
(a) If that were the case, what about the other minorities?
(b) If that were the case, wouldn't the Civil War have ended differently?
(c) If that were true, then wouldn't all white people be successful?
(d) I don't understand why anyone would think that way.

10. How old is Junior when he describes he and Rowdy climbing the tree by Turtle Lake in Chapter 30: "Talking About Turtles"?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

11. Junior says in Chapter 29: "Remembering" that "somehow or another, Indians have forgotten that reservations were meant to be" what?
(a) Free lands.
(b) Issues of apology.
(c) Death camps.
(d) Resorts.

12. How many years older is Junior's mother than Junior's father?
(a) She is eight years older.
(b) She is ten years older.
(c) She is four years older.
(d) She is three years older.

13. What grade has Junior earned on his report card in Geology in Chapter 28: "My Final Freshman Year Report Card"?
(a) A-.
(b) C-.
(c) A+.
(d) B+.

14. What grade are Junior and Rowdy in as they jump into the lake in the drawing in Chapter 29: "Remembering"?
(a) First grade.
(b) Second grade.
(c) Fifth grade.
(d) Third grade.

15. How does Mary describe her new house in Chapter 19: "My Sister Sends Me a Letter"?
(a) A tenement on the outskirts of town.
(b) The most gorgeous place in the world.
(c) A pitiful dump but better than nothing.
(d) The most depressing place in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. Junior says in Chapter 23: "Wake" that "When it comes to death, [Indians] know that" what "are pretty much the same thing"?

2. Why does Junior say he is thankful for his father's Christmas gift in Chapter 21: "And a Partridge in a Pear Tree"?

3. What does Junior say he does before every basketball game in Chapter 25: "In Like a Lion"?

4. What is the worst character trait of Arnold Spirit, Sr., in the novel?

5. What musical instrument does Arnold Spirit, Sr. take with him when his family goes to spend the day at the cemetery in Chapter 29: "Remembering"?

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