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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) A pitiful dump but better than nothing.
(c) The most gorgeous place in the world.
(d) The most depressing place in the world.

4. What does Junior recall his grandmother telling him was "the whole point of life" in Chapter 22: "Red Versus White"?
(a) To fight for peace.
(b) To find love.
(c) To meet new people.
(d) To create understanding.

5. How many songs do Penelope and Junior dance to at the Winter Formal?
(a) 2.
(b) 19.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

6. Who is described as the point guard on the Reardan basketball team and compared to Little Larry Soliday in Chapter 25: "In Like a Lion"?
(a) Junior.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Roger.
(d) James.

7. What happens to the man who is jailed for Eugene's death in Chapter 24: "Valentine Heart"?
(a) He hangs himself.
(b) He is stabbed and killed.
(c) He is lynched by townspeople.
(d) He shoots himself.

8. What kind of trees does Junior describe covering the reservation in Chapter 30: "Talking About Turtles"?
(a) Walnut and oak trees.
(b) Ponderosa pine trees.
(c) Juniper trees.
(d) Aspen trees.

9. What does Junior say he does before every basketball game in Chapter 25: "In Like a Lion"?
(a) He throws up.
(b) He drinks a beer.
(c) He calls his mother.
(d) He prays.

10. What is the worst character trait of Arnold Spirit, Sr., in the novel?
(a) He is a womanizer.
(b) He is physically abusive.
(c) He is an alcoholic.
(d) He is a cocaine addict.

11. Junior says in Chapter 29: "Remembering," "I realized that I might be a lonely Indian boy, but I was not alone in my loneliness. There were millions of other Americans who had left their birthplaces in search of" what?
(a) An identity.
(b) A dream.
(c) A culture.
(d) Love.

12. Junior says in Chapter 23: "Wake" that "When it comes to death, [Indians] know that" what "are pretty much the same thing"?
(a) Tears and burial.
(b) Brutality and ignorance.
(c) Laughter and tears.
(d) Loss and Living.

13. What did Junior's mother help Junior's father do when they first met?
(a) Find his father.
(b) Start a car engine.
(c) Find his mother.
(d) Get a drink from a water fountain.

14. How old was Junior's mother when she met Junior's father?
(a) 16.
(b) 6.
(c) 13.
(d) 19.

15. What sentence does the drunk driver receive for the death of Junior's grandmother in Chapter 22: "Red Versus White"?
(a) 3 years in prison.
(b) 2 years probation.
(c) 6 months in prison.
(d) 18 months in prison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What team knocks Reardan High's basketball team out of the playoffs in Chapter 25: "In Like a Lion"?

2. Junior says in Chapter 29: "Remembering" that "somehow or another, Indians have forgotten that reservations were meant to be" what?

3. 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"?

4. What does Mary tell Junior to tell everyone when she closes her letter in Chapter 19: "My Sister Sends Me a Letter"?

5. Who is said to be responsible for Eugene's death in Chapter 24: "Valentine Heart"?

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