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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the object of Edwin's addiction?
2. Which real-life Native author's book did Tony Loneman read to his grandmother?
3. Where does Edwin's mother say she has heard about a job opening?
4. What is Edwin's mother's boyfriend's name?
5. How does Edwin contact his father for the first time?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How would you describe Edwin's relationship with his mother, Karen?
3. According to the prologue narrator, what happened following another shared meal between Indians and colonists in 1623, two years after the land-deal meal?
4. What is the main issue that Dene is insecure about as he goes into his interview for his arts grant application?
5. What was the old Cheyenne story in the prologue about?
6. How does Opal and Jacquie's mother decide to manage her illness when she finds out she has cancer?
7. What was the first novel written by a Native person about?
8. What do Dene Oxendene and the white hipster named Rob talk about as they both wait for their art grant interviews?
9. What steps does Edwin Black take in order to try to find his father for the first time?
10. What does "the Drome" mean to Tony Loneman?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the relationship between the book's prologue section and Dene Oxendene's vision for his storytelling project? In what ways could Dene's project be viewed as a response to the prologue narrator's views on the problems inherent in the historical representations of Natives in America?
Essay Topic 2
Orange uses the present tense in many sections of There There. What effect does this achieve in terms of character development and plot advancement? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
How does Orange's introduction of the phrase "there there" and the white character, Rob's, incorrect understanding of its meaning as it was used by Gertrude Stein relate to broader problems with white narratives of Native history? (38).
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