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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 about the rolling head, what creature does the husband find his wife with?
(a) A whale.
(b) A buffalo.
(c) A deer.
(d) A snake-like water monster.

2. Which rapper does Tony Loneman like listening to?
(a) Jay-Z.
(b) Kanye West.
(c) Drake.
(d) MF Doom.

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

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

5. Which famous writer does the hipster Rob quote to Dene as he is waiting to go in to his grant interview?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Edith Wharton.
(c) Dorothy Parker.
(d) Jane Austen.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which food is mentioned in the prologue as Native but not traditional?

3. Who is the author of the poem that begins the prologue section?

4. Which city does the narrator focus on as a center for urban Indians?

5. What illness does Opal's mother tell Opal she is suffering from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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?

10. What was the first novel written by a Native person about?

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