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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 image was on the television when Jacquie and Opal left Ronald's house?

2. What is one thing Calvin talks about when he does Dene's project?

3. What does Jacquie do to ensure she will not drink at the hotel?

4. What does Octavio call Charles and Carlos?

5. What color are the 3-D plastic guns?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the interlude, what does the narrator say about last names as they relate to Natives?

2. What did Opal tell Lucas when they were teenagers that she had not shared with anyone else?

3. Why does Orange suggest Opal has developed superstitious behaviors?

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

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

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

7. Why does Octavio's grandmother Josefina think her own father cursed her?

8. What pivotal person from Jacquie's past does she meet in Phoenix and how does she meet him?

9. 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?

10. How does Calvin Johnson get pulled into the plot to rob the Big Oakland Powwow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

How does Tony Loneman's struggle with "The Drome" exemplify the general Native struggle with alcohol addiction?

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