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

3. What is the name of the relative Opal's mother leaves she and Jacquie with?
(a) Harvey.
(b) Ronald.
(c) Robert.
(d) Michael.

4. What word did Dene used to write, or "tag," everywhere he could?
(a) Evil.
(b) Lens.
(c) Like.
(d) Live.

5. What is the main source of Edwin's insecurity about his appearance?
(a) He only has one eye.
(b) He is overweight.
(c) He has skin abnormalities.
(d) He is bald.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Octavio and Tony Loneman have in common and bond over in conversation?

3. Which famous writer does the hipster Rob quote to Dene as he is waiting to go in to his grant interview?

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

5. What was the title of the first novel ever written by a Native person?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the colonists do to the Pequot at the Green Corn Dance in 1637?

2. What are some of the media representations of Indians that are mentioned critically in the prologue?

3. How does Opal and Jacquie's mother decide to manage her illness when she finds out she has cancer?

4. What steps does Edwin Black take in order to try to find his father for the first time?

5. What happened to Metacomet, the Wampanoag Indian Chief?

6. Orange opens the prologue with a Bertolt Brecht poem about singing in dark times. How is this poem relevant to Native history as Orange writes about it in There There?

7. How would you describe Edwin's relationship with his mother, Karen?

8. Where does the prologue narrator say the Indian Head image appeared until the late 1970s?

9. What was the old Cheyenne story in the prologue about?

10. What was moving Indians to urban centers and cities supposed to have accomplished?

(see the answer keys)

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