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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. Opal's mother told her and her sister that spiders represent home and which of the following?

2. What does Orvil talk about when he sits down for Dene's project?

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

4. How does Opal know the Red Feather brothers are trying to hide something from her the night before the powwow?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Sixto tell Octavio that he and Octavio have in common?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Many characters in There There struggle with alcohol addiction. Why is alcohol, specifically, such a big problem for so many Natives? What are some of the other addictive substances that afflict Orange's Native characters, and how do they attempt to overcome their addictions?

Essay Topic 3

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).

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