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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (pages 15 - 78).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Octavio ask Tony Loneman about powwows he has been to?
(a) Octavio wants to dance in regalia at a powwow.
(b) Octavio wants to get a job organizing the powwow.
(c) Octavio is thinking of robbing a powwow.
(d) Octavio is interested in Native culture.

2. Which colonel led the volunteer militias that were so brutal to Indians?
(a) Colonel Dwight Eisenhower.
(b) Colonel Michael Allen.
(c) Colonel Stanley McChrystal.
(d) Colonel John Chivington.

3. Who is the author of the poem that begins the prologue section?
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) William Gibson.
(c) Chief Red Feather.
(d) Bertolt Brecht.

4. What Radiohead song does Dene listen to on the way to his grant interview?
(a) Creeping.
(b) Stir.
(c) Crazy star.
(d) There There.

5. What young boy does Opal befriend on Alcatraz?
(a) Harvey.
(b) Edwin.
(c) Rocky.
(d) Michael.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Edwin's mother say she has heard about a job opening?

2. In the old Cheyenne folktale, what happens to the rolling head after it drinks the water from the chasm?

3. What is Opal's teddy bear's name?

4. What does Dene NOT have that he feels might hurt him in his grant interview?

5. Which real-life Native author's book did Tony Loneman read to his grandmother?

(see the answer key)

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