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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay 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) Canada.
(c) Alcatraz.
(d) A reservation.

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

3. What does Dene's uncle die from?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Car accident.
(c) Drug overdose.
(d) Cancer.

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

5. What did Edwin once dream of becoming?
(a) An astronaut.
(b) A writer.
(c) A musician.
(d) A mathematician.

Short Answer Questions

1. What problem does Edwin Black suffer from at the beginning of the chapter that introduces his character?

2. What tribe did Metacomet belong to?

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

4. Which writer is quoted at the beginning of Part I?

5. What young boy does Opal befriend on Alcatraz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Dene Oxendene and the white hipster named Rob talk about as they both wait for their art grant interviews?

2. 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?

3. What is the main issue that Dene is insecure about as he goes into his interview for his arts grant application?

4. What is the one main thing that Tony Loneman and Octavio Gomez have in common?

5. According to the prologue narrator, what happened following another shared meal between Indians and colonists in 1623, two years after the land-deal meal?

6. What life-altering event happens to Jacquie on Alcatraz?

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

8. Where does Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield's mother take she and her half-sister Jacquie after they abruptly move out of the yellow house in Oakland?

9. What physical condition does Edwin suffer from at the beginning of the novel and what is it a possible metaphor for?

10. Who is Dene Oxendene's inspiration for his video storytelling project on Natives?

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