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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing Calvin talks about when he does Dene's project?
(a) How much he loves his mother.
(b) How much he loves dancing.
(c) Using drugs and alcohol.
(d) Getting robbed in the parking lot at the powwow.

2. How does Opal know the Red Feather brothers are trying to hide something from her the night before the powwow?
(a) All three boys are unusually quite.
(b) All three boys go to bed early.
(c) Orvil and Loother help Lony do the dishes.
(d) All three boys put their phones away.

3. What is the problem with Manny and Daniel's father?
(a) He can not get a job.
(b) He has cancer.
(c) He is wanted by the police.
(d) He gets drunk and beats their mother.

4. What does Opal text Jacquie to tell her about Orvil?
(a) Opal tells Jacquie that Orvil is a traditional Native dancer.
(b) Opal tells Jacquie that Orvil has a girlfriend.
(c) Opal tells Jacquie that Orvil pulled spider legs out of his leg.
(d) Opal tells Jacquie that Orvil started drinking.

5. What kinds of stories does Harvey tell Jacquie on their long ride to Oakland?
(a) Drinking stories.
(b) Ghost stories.
(c) Fairy tales.
(d) Native legends.

6. What does Daniel do to feel closer to Manny after Manny dies?
(a) Daniel reads Manny's favorite book.
(b) Daniel dances in regalia.
(c) Daniel writes Manny emails.
(d) Daniel sings songs they used to love.

7. Which of the following did Natives not have until the colonists came?
(a) Hierarchy.
(b) Diseases.
(c) Money.
(d) Last names.

8. What is Harvey's role at the powwow?
(a) Emcee.
(b) Janitor.
(c) Sponsor.
(d) Dancer.

9. Who is Blue's mother?
(a) Maxine.
(b) Jacquie Red Feather.
(c) Josefina.
(d) Opal.

10. What superstition does Opal have about walking on sidewalks?
(a) She only walks on grass.
(b) She only walks on black sidewalks.
(c) She avoids the cracks because she thinks they are bad luck.
(d) She steps on the cracks because she thinks they are good luck.

11. Where does Tony Loneman buy the bullets for the powwow?
(a) Walmart.
(b) Dick's Sporting Goods.
(c) Gander Mountain.
(d) He does not buy them - he steals them.

12. What does Orvil do with the money he gets for participating in Dene's project?
(a) He buys drugs.
(b) He buys them all dinner.
(c) He buys new regalia.
(d) He buys Lony a new bike.

13. What kind of criminal activity do Manny and Octavio engage in after they kick Manny's father out of the house?
(a) They sell drugs.
(b) They steal a car.
(c) They assault someone.
(d) They rob a store.

14. What is the quote that begins Part II about?
(a) A bear.
(b) A feather.
(c) Love.
(d) Struggle.

15. Which of the following is the James Baldwin quote that opens Part III?
(a) "Life ain't no crystal stair."
(b) "People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them."
(c) "America will never be destroyed from the outside."
(d) "We are the people we have been waiting for."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Thomas Frank's favorite pastime?

2. What is the name of Calvin Johnson's brother?

3. What does Orvil do secretly that he does not want Opal to know about?

4. Where does Opal work?

5. Why does Fina think her own father cursed her?

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