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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) No one can afford to pay Natives to tell their stories.
(c) Whites have completely distorted Natives' stories.
(d) Stereotypes of the Native story are too sad to even be entertaining.

2. What illness does Opal's mother tell Opal she is suffering from?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Multiple Sclerosis.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Bipolar disorder.

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

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

5. How old is Tony Loneman?
(a) 25.
(b) 28.
(c) 30.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which policy involved moving Indians to cities?

2. What Radiohead song does Dene listen to on the way to his grant interview?

3. What does Dene NOT have that he feels might hurt him in his grant interview?

4. What tribe does Tony's grandmother tell him he is from?

5. What piece of equipment does Dene's uncle leave for him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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