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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 name of Dene's uncle who inspires his video project?
2. What does Dene's uncle die from?
3. Who is Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield's half-sister?
4. What is Dene's mother's name?
5. What is Opal's teddy bear's name?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the colonists do to the Pequot at the Green Corn Dance in 1637?
2. Where does the prologue narrator say the Indian Head image appeared until the late 1970s?
3. 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?
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. How would you describe Edwin's relationship with his mother, Karen?
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 happens to Tony when he gets really angry?
9. What steps does Edwin Black take in order to try to find his father for the first time?
10. How does Opal and Jacquie's mother decide to manage her illness when she finds out she has cancer?
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
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
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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