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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. In the old Cheyenne folktale, what happens to the rolling head after it drinks the water from the chasm?
(a) The rolling head dies.
(b) The rolling head bursts into flames.
(c) The rolling head becomes confused and drunk.
(d) The rolling head starts singing.

2. In what year did Chief Massasoit's land deal with the colonists take place?
(a) 1605.
(b) 1675.
(c) 1702.
(d) 1621.

3. What young boy does Opal befriend on Alcatraz?
(a) Edwin.
(b) Rocky.
(c) Michael.
(d) Harvey.

4. What happens to Edwin when he completes his first sit-up?
(a) He pulls a muscle.
(b) He throws up.
(c) He defecates in his pants.
(d) He hits his head on the bedpost.

5. What was the title of the first novel ever written by a Native person?
(a) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
(b) Don Quixote.
(c) The Drum Circle.
(d) The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Orange mention that describes an Indian that supposedly acts white?

2. What does the husband in the old Cheyenne folktale do with the creature after he kills it?

3. What is the main source of Edwin's insecurity about his appearance?

4. Who is the Italian actor that often played Indian parts in movies and television programs?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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