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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 Opal work?

2. Where does Tony hide the bullets at the powwow?

3. A quote from which author begins Part II?

4. What does Orvil do secretly that he does not want Opal to know about?

5. What does Sixto do with Octavio when Octavio comes to visit him after his mother and brother's deaths?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Octavio feel about his uncle Sixto?

2. How does Bill Davis feel about Edwin Black?

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

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

5. What does Octavio's grandmother Josefina ask Octavio to help her with in order to ward off the curse she says he is under?

6. Why is Calvin an integral part of the plot to rob the Big Oakland Powwow, even though he does not really want to be involved?

7. What bizarre story does Harvey tell Jacquie as they drive together from Phoenix to Oakland?

8. What is one of Bill Davis's great enthusiasms in life?

9. What is Daniel Gonzales's role in the robbery of the Big Oakland Powwow?

10. Who gave Opal the regalia that Orvil has secretly been trying on and what is that person's relationship to another main character?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the James Baldwin quote that Orange uses to begin Part III, "People are trapped in history and history is trapped in them," mean in the context of what happened to Natives in America from the colonial times to the present day (157)?

Essay Topic 2

Octavio is the only character who is killed at the powwow for whom Orange does not include a chapter from his perspective as he dies. Write an essay analyzing the effect Orange's choice has on the characterization of Octavio and the impact that choice has on the reader's perception of Octavio.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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