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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 does Edwin's mother say she has heard about a job opening?
2. Who is Edwin's father?
3. Why does Octavio ask Tony Loneman about powwows he has been to?
4. Where did the colonists display Metacomet's head after they killed him?
5. What does Dene's uncle die from?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Opal and Jacquie's mother decide to manage her illness when she finds out she has cancer?
2. 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?
3. What steps does Edwin Black take in order to try to find his father for the first time?
4. 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?
5. What happens to Tony when he gets really angry?
6. What is the main issue that Dene is insecure about as he goes into his interview for his arts grant application?
7. What did the colonists do to the Pequot at the Green Corn Dance in 1637?
8. What are some of the media representations of Indians that are mentioned critically in the prologue?
9. What life-altering event happens to Jacquie on Alcatraz?
10. What do Dene Oxendene and the white hipster named Rob talk about as they both wait for their art grant interviews?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Women are the most stabilizing and positive influences in families depicted in There There. Choose three women from the novel and analyze their impact on their families and/or communities.
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
How does Tony Loneman's struggle with "The Drome" exemplify the general Native struggle with alcohol addiction?
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