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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. What was the title of the first novel ever written by a Native person?
(a) The Drum Circle.
(b) Don Quixote.
(c) The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta.
(d) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

2. What word does Orange mention that describes an Indian that supposedly acts white?
(a) Apple.
(b) Twizzler.
(c) Redwood.
(d) Plum.

3. Where does Opal's mother take her and her sister when they leave the yellow house in Oakland in 1970?
(a) Canada.
(b) Alcatraz.
(c) A reservation.
(d) Phoenix.

4. What is Opal's teddy bear's name?
(a) Teddy Roosevelt.
(b) Just Ted.
(c) Two shoes.
(d) Teddy Ruckspin.

5. Who is Edwin's father?
(a) Harvey.
(b) Dene.
(c) Bill.
(d) Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which colonel led the volunteer militias that were so brutal to Indians?

2. What is the main source of Edwin's insecurity about his appearance?

3. What is Dene's mother's name?

4. What is Edwin's mother's name?

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

(see the answer key)

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