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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Dene tells the panel that which of the following is a reason that people are not interested in Native stories?
(a) No one can afford to pay Natives to tell their stories.
(b) Natives have been too scared to tell their stories.
(c) Whites have completely distorted Natives' stories.
(d) Stereotypes of the Native story are too sad to even be entertaining.

3. What piece of equipment does Dene's uncle leave for him?
(a) A boom microphone.
(b) A good set of headphones.
(c) A gun camera with a pistol grip.
(d) A tape recorder.

4. Who rapes Jacquie on Alcatraz?
(a) Edwin.
(b) Harvey.
(c) Rocky.
(d) Michael.

5. How old is Tony Loneman?
(a) 25.
(b) 21.
(c) 30.
(d) 28.

6. What does Dene NOT have that he feels might hurt him in his grant interview?
(a) Money to offer.
(b) A sponsor.
(c) A work sample.
(d) A good video camera.

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

8. What is the cause of Tony Loneman's facial ireegularities?
(a) An acid attack.
(b) Abuse.
(c) A bad car accident.
(d) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

9. What was Chief Massasoit's son's name?
(a) Metacomet.
(b) Flying Eagle.
(c) Sitting Bull.
(d) Lackawanna.

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

11. What does the husband in the old Cheyenne folktale do with the creature after he kills it?
(a) He brings the meat home and serves it to his children.
(b) He chops it up and uses it in a ceremony.
(c) He burns it.
(d) He drinks its blood.

12. What tribe does Tony's grandmother tell him he is from?
(a) Arapaho.
(b) Wampanoag.
(c) Cheyenne.
(d) Cherokee.

13. What is Edwin's mother's boyfriend's name?
(a) Thomas Frank.
(b) Winslow Homer.
(c) Harvey Harper.
(d) Bill Davis.

14. Who is Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield's half-sister?
(a) Jennifer Bear Shield.
(b) Maxine Red Feather.
(c) Blue Bear Shield.
(d) Jacquie Red Feather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Chief Massasoit's land deal with the colonists take place?

2. Why does Octavio ask Tony Loneman about powwows he has been to?

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

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

5. Which city does the narrator focus on as a center for urban Indians?

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