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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. Which baseball team was Bill always devoted to?

2. What does Jacquie do for a living?

3. What kind of animal does Fina ask Octavio to collect fur from while she holds it down?

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

5. Why does Blue not want to leave the bus station bathroom?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. How does Octavio feel about his uncle Sixto?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Orange uses the present tense in many sections of There There. What effect does this achieve in terms of character development and plot advancement? Use specific examples from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Cyclical, generational poverty motivates many of the young male Native characters in There There to make violent choices. What parallels does Orange draw between the systemic oppression Natives suffered at the hands of whites and the present-day financial struggles of the young Natives in the novel?

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