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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 does Daniel teach himself to do at least in part with the help of an online community?

2. What kind of animal does Fina ask Octavio to collect fur from while she holds it down?

3. Who fights with Manny and Daniel's father and removes him from the house?

4. What does Thomas Frank call his ideal level of intoxication?

5. What does Daniel do to feel closer to Manny after Manny dies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Orvil tell Dene Oxendene for his video storytelling project?

2. What does Bill try to catch out of annoyance when he sees it as he is preforming his maintenance duties at the Oakland Coliseum?

3. What are the circumstances around Thomas's firing?

4. Why does Opal take care of her half-sister Jacquie's three grandsons instead of Jacquie taking care of them?

5. What is the one thing Thomas Frank was always good at?

6. What does Orvil Red Feather want Opal to teach him about?

7. Why did Opal and Jacquie leave Ronald's house as young girls?

8. What does Daniel do after his brother Manny's death to feel closer to him?

9. What very strange physical ailment do Orvil and Opal share?

10. Why does Blue decide to leave her husband Paul?

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

What is Tony Loneman's last action before he dies? How does this act relate to what he says at the book's opening, "Maybe I'm'a do something one day, and everybody's gonna know about me. Maybe that's when I'll come to life. Maybe that's when they'll finally be able to look at me, because they'll have to" (19).

Essay Topic 3

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?

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