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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 is the name of Blue's friend who sees her walking on her way to the bus stop and picks her up?
(a) Megan.
(b) Orla.
(c) Fiona.
(d) Geraldine.

2. Who is in the backseat of Geraldine's car when she picks Blue up on the side of the road?
(a) Calvin.
(b) Geraldine's father, Robert.
(c) Dene.
(d) Geraldine's brother, Hector.

3. Who are Octavio's cousins that he spends the most time with?
(a) Calvin and Carlos.
(b) Charles and Carlos.
(c) Manny and Daniel.
(d) Edwin and Harvey.

4. What does Opal text Jacquie to tell her about Orvil?
(a) Opal tells Jacquie that Orvil started drinking.
(b) Opal tells Jacquie that Orvil pulled spider legs out of his leg.
(c) Opal tells Jacquie that Orvil is a traditional Native dancer.
(d) Opal tells Jacquie that Orvil has a girlfriend.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the person who leads Thomas's drum circle?

2. What does Fina want the animal fur for?

3. What does Thomas do with the bat that gets trapped in the Indian Center?

4. What kind of music does Opal like to listen to while she works?

5. Who stays with Blue in the bus station bathroom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What very strange physical ailment do Orvil and Opal share?

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

3. What pivotal person from Jacquie's past does she meet in Phoenix and how does she meet him?

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

5. What did Opal tell Lucas when they were teenagers that she had not shared with anyone else?

6. What is one of Bill Davis's great enthusiasms in life?

7. What is the one thing Thomas Frank was always good at?

8. In the interlude, what does the narrator say about last names as they relate to Natives?

9. 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?

10. Why did Opal and Jacquie leave Ronald's house as young girls?

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