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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. Opal's mother told her and her sister that spiders represent home and which of the following?
(a) Poison.
(b) Duplicity.
(c) Luck.
(d) Trap.

2. Where does Tony hide the bullets at the powwow?
(a) In a shed.
(b) In the bushes outside the coliseum.
(c) Under the bleachers.
(d) In the food stand.

3. What kind of drug does Calvin use?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Crystal Meth.
(d) Cocaine.

4. What kinds of numbers does Opal think are lucky?
(a) Odd numbers.
(b) Even numbers.
(c) Fibonacci sequences.
(d) Prime numbers.

5. Where did Blue get a job once she moved to Oakland?
(a) The local hospital.
(b) The local grocery store.
(c) The Indian Center.
(d) The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the trickster spider Jacquie and Opal's mother told them stories about?

2. Why does Fina think her own father cursed her?

3. What is the quote that begins Part II about?

4. What did Josefina put into a bowl to put under Octavio's bed to counteract what she thought was a curse?

5. Which of the following best describes Opal's physical appearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Bill try to catch out of annoyance when he sees it as he is preforming his maintenance duties at the Oakland Coliseum?

2. What does Harvey ask Jacquie to do with him when they meet in Phoenix?

3. What story does Orvil tell Dene Oxendene for his video storytelling project?

4. Why does Blue decide to leave her husband Paul?

5. What bizarre story does Harvey tell Jacquie as they drive together from Phoenix to Oakland?

6. Why does Opal take care of her half-sister Jacquie's three grandsons instead of Jacquie taking care of them?

7. Why does Octavio's grandmother Josefina think her own father cursed her?

8. Why is Calvin an integral part of the plot to rob the Big Oakland Powwow, even though he does not really want to be involved?

9. What does Sixto tell Octavio that he and Octavio have in common?

10. What does Octavio's grandmother Josefina ask Octavio to help her with in order to ward off the curse she says he is under?

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