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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. Dene tells the panel that which of the following is a reason that people are not interested in Native stories?
(a) Natives have been too scared to tell their stories.
(b) Stereotypes of the Native story are too sad to even be entertaining.
(c) No one can afford to pay Natives to tell their stories.
(d) Whites have completely distorted Natives' stories.

2. What is the object of Edwin's addiction?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) The internet.

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

4. What job does Octavio give Tony Loneman for his plan to rob the powwow?
(a) Octavio tells Tony to poison the powwow organizers.
(b) Octavio tells Tony to fly the surveillance drone.
(c) Octavio tells Tony to find out where the cash will be.
(d) Octavio tells Tony to hide the bullets at the powwow.

5. Who is Edwin's father?
(a) Bill.
(b) Harvey.
(c) Dene.
(d) Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the relative Opal's mother leaves she and Jacquie with?

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

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

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

5. What is Opal's teddy bear's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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