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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 did Josefina put into a bowl to put under Octavio's bed to counteract what she thought was a curse?

2. What is Thomas Frank's favorite pastime?

3. How does Octavio's father die?

4. What was Bill's favorite activity in jail?

5. A quote from which author begins Part II?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does Bill Davis feel about Edwin Black?

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

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 3

How does Bill Davis react to the sounds of gunfire at the powwow? How does his reaction fit or not fit with what the reader has learned about his character and life history?

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