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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 Edwin's mother's name?
2. Who is the Italian actor that often played Indian parts in movies and television programs?
3. What happens to Edwin when he completes his first sit-up?
4. What tribe did Metacomet belong to?
5. What job does Octavio give Tony Loneman for his plan to rob the powwow?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Dene Oxendene's inspiration for his video storytelling project on Natives?
2. What are some of the media representations of Indians that are mentioned critically in the prologue?
3. What steps does Edwin Black take in order to try to find his father for the first time?
4. Where does Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield's mother take she and her half-sister Jacquie after they abruptly move out of the yellow house in Oakland?
5. What was the first novel written by a Native person about?
6. What life-altering event happens to Jacquie on Alcatraz?
7. What was moving Indians to urban centers and cities supposed to have accomplished?
8. What did the colonists do to the Pequot at the Green Corn Dance in 1637?
9. What was the old Cheyenne story in the prologue about?
10. What is the main issue that Dene is insecure about as he goes into his interview for his arts grant application?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Cyclical, generational poverty motivates many of the young male Native characters in There There to make violent choices. What parallels does Orange draw between the systemic oppression Natives suffered at the hands of whites and the present-day financial struggles of the young Natives in the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Opal's mother tells both Opal and Jacquie how important it is for them to always tell their stories, but Opal is opposed to telling the Red Feather boys - her adoptive grandsons - about their Native culture. Opal prefers to let them discover what it means to be Native on their own. Why do you think she chooses this approach, especially since Orvil has expressed such enthusiasm for learning about his heritage?
Essay Topic 3
Calvin and Orvil are two characters who share an absence of a feeling of heritage or a sense of real history of their Native culture. For each of these characters, which is the more important part of being Native - a bloodline, or a sense of learned culture?
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