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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. What tribe does Tony's grandmother tell him he is from?
3. What word did Dene used to write, or "tag," everywhere he could?
4. What Radiohead song does Dene listen to on the way to his grant interview?
5. What was Chief Massasoit's son's name?
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. What is the main issue that Dene is insecure about as he goes into his interview for his arts grant application?
3. What happened to Metacomet, the Wampanoag Indian Chief?
4. What was moving Indians to urban centers and cities supposed to have accomplished?
5. What happens to Tony when he gets really angry?
6. What does "the Drome" mean to Tony Loneman?
7. How would you describe Edwin's relationship with his mother, Karen?
8. 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?
9. What are some of the media representations of Indians that are mentioned critically in the prologue?
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
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
How does Tony Loneman's struggle with "The Drome" exemplify the general Native struggle with alcohol addiction?
Essay Topic 3
Jacquie and Opal's mother had a saying about a spider's web being both a home and a trap. Explain the significance of spiders in There There and what Orange was trying to illustrate with the strange incidence of both Jacquie and Orvil pulling spider legs out of their own bodies.
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