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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 job does Octavio give Tony Loneman for his plan to rob the powwow?

2. In the old Cheyenne folktale, what happens to the rolling head after it drinks the water from the chasm?

3. Who is the author of the poem that begins the prologue section?

4. What does Tony Loneman call his own face?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Orange opens the prologue with a Bertolt Brecht poem about singing in dark times. How is this poem relevant to Native history as Orange writes about it in There There?

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

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

10. What happens to Tony when he gets really angry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How does Bill Davis react to the sounds of gunfire at the powwow? How does his reaction fit or not fit with what the reader has learned about his character and life history?

Essay Topic 3

Describe some of the representations of the image of the Indian Head in There There. What are some of the themes Orange uses the Indian Head image to symbolize?

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