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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. Who are Octavio's cousins that he spends the most time with?

2. Where did Blue get a job once she moved to Oakland?

3. What is Bill Davis's job?

4. What does Bill think about Edwin?

5. What does Orvil pull out of an itchy red bump on his leg?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe some of the representations of the image of the Indian Head in There There. What are some of the themes Orange uses the Indian Head image to symbolize?

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