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

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

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

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

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

2. Who is Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield's half-sister?

3. What is the object of Edwin's addiction?

4. Where did the colonists display Metacomet's head after they killed him?

5. What job does Octavio give Tony Loneman for his plan to rob the powwow?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the prologue narrator say was the true main purpose of the first meal in 1621 between Indians and colonists that Americans now celebrate and commemorate as Thanksgiving?

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

3. 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?

4. What happens to Tony when he gets really angry?

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

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

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

8. What does "the Drome" mean to Tony Loneman?

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

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

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