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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 Jacquie do to ensure she will not drink at the hotel?

2. What kinds of stories does Harvey tell Jacquie on their long ride to Oakland?

3. What type of animal was in Daniel's dream that he tells Manny about in his email?

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

5. Who does Harvey tell Jacquie he was drinking with in the desert they are crossing when he saw a strange vision?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Octavio feel about his uncle Sixto?

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

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

5. What does Harvey ask Jacquie to do with him when they meet in Phoenix?

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

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

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

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

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

Guns and gun violence play an important role in There There. Orange introduces the plastic 3-D guns early on and devotes a scathing, dramatic rumination on death in the setting of a mass shooting in the Interlude. Analyze Orange's treatment of guns and explain how their significance has evolved in Native history from the colonial through the modern periods.

Essay Topic 2

How does Orange's introduction of the phrase "there there" and the white character, Rob's, incorrect understanding of its meaning as it was used by Gertrude Stein relate to broader problems with white narratives of Native history? (38).

Essay Topic 3

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?

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