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

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

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

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

5. Which real-life Native author's book did Tony Loneman read to his grandmother?
(a) Jacquie Red Feather.
(b) Louise Erdrich.
(c) Corey Youngblood.
(d) Sherman Alexie.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does Opal's mother take her and her sister when they leave the yellow house in Oakland in 1970?

4. What is Dene's mother's name?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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

7. What was the old Cheyenne story in the prologue about?

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

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

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

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