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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. Which city does the narrator focus on as a center for urban Indians?
2. What is the object of Edwin's addiction?
3. Who is Tony Loneman's grandmother?
4. What do Octavio and Tony Loneman have in common and bond over in conversation?
5. What problem does Edwin Black suffer from at the beginning of the chapter that introduces his character?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. What was the first novel written by a Native person about?
3. What steps does Edwin Black take in order to try to find his father for the first time?
4. What happens to Tony when he gets really angry?
5. What does "the Drome" mean to Tony Loneman?
6. What do Dene Oxendene and the white hipster named Rob talk about as they both wait for their art grant interviews?
7. What is the one main thing that Tony Loneman and Octavio Gomez have in common?
8. What are some of the media representations of Indians that are mentioned critically in the prologue?
9. According to the prologue narrator, what happened following another shared meal between Indians and colonists in 1623, two years after the land-deal meal?
10. Where does the prologue narrator say the Indian Head image appeared until the late 1970s?
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 Tony Loneman's struggle with "The Drome" exemplify the general Native struggle with alcohol addiction?
Essay Topic 3
Powwows are powerful events for Natives today. Orange expands upon their meaning in the Interlude. (134). Analyze the significance of powwows and explain how the Big Oakland Powwow ends up both fitting and subverting the traditional purpose of a powwow.
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