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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. Where did the colonists display Metacomet's head after they killed him?
2. How does Edwin contact his father for the first time?
3. Who is Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield's half-sister?
4. What does Dene NOT have that he feels might hurt him in his grant interview?
5. What job does Octavio give Tony Loneman for his plan to rob the powwow?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do Dene Oxendene and the white hipster named Rob talk about as they both wait for their art grant interviews?
2. What physical condition does Edwin suffer from at the beginning of the novel and what is it a possible metaphor for?
3. 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?
4. Who is Dene Oxendene's inspiration for his video storytelling project on Natives?
5. How would you describe Edwin's relationship with his mother, Karen?
6. According to the prologue narrator, what happened following another shared meal between Indians and colonists in 1623, two years after the land-deal meal?
7. What was moving Indians to urban centers and cities supposed to have accomplished?
8. What steps does Edwin Black take in order to try to find his father for the first time?
9. What is the one main thing that Tony Loneman and Octavio Gomez have in common?
10. What does "the Drome" mean to Tony Loneman?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Orange feel about the urban landscape as an environment for Indians? Use specific examples from several characters' experiences and narratives to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
What is the relationship between the book's prologue section and Dene Oxendene's vision for his storytelling project? In what ways could Dene's project be viewed as a response to the prologue narrator's views on the problems inherent in the historical representations of Natives in America?
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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