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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pokey learning to do after school?

2. In "A Seat on the Train," who sits with Patrice on the train?

3. When was Arthur V. Watkins born?

4. Who does Thomas see on the street in "Metal Blinds"?

5. What is the name of Thomas's dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Patrice hope to have a watch someday?

2. Who does Thomas see on the street in Fargo, and what does he do?

3. What job do Turtle Mountain women do at the jewel bearing plant?

4. What is the story of Thomas's name?

5. Where does Patrice keep her money, and why does she not let anyone know where it is?

6. What happens when Wood Mountain watches the waterjack at LogJam26?

7. What is the Wazhashk farm like?

8. Why did Thomas go to boarding school?

9. What does Wood Mountain want to do with his life?

10. How does Rose tell Thomas that he has been poisoned in "Ajax"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Bucky nearly rapes Patrice. How do Bucky, Norbert, and Barnes treat women? Why are the men examples of toxic masculinity?

Essay Topic 2

Thomas and Rose have been married since they were 16. How would you describe the relationship between Thomas and Rose? How does an electric iron symbolize their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

People living on the reservation were poor and often did not have electricity or running water. What different levels of poverty are there on Turtle Mountain? How does the reservation system make it difficult for people living on the reservation to improve their socio-economic status?

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