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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 tribe is Bill Davis from?

2. Who is Blue's mother?

3. Which war did Bill serve in?

4. Who is responsible for the deaths of Octavio's mother and brother?

5. Why does Fina think her own father cursed her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story does Orvil tell Dene Oxendene for his video storytelling project?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Calvin Johnson tell Dene Oxendene for his video storytelling project?

8. How does Octavio feel about his uncle Sixto?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Calvin and Orvil are two characters who share an absence of a feeling of heritage or a sense of real history of their Native culture. For each of these characters, which is the more important part of being Native - a bloodline, or a sense of learned culture?

Essay Topic 2

What is the relationship between the book's prologue section and Dene Oxendene's vision for his storytelling project? In what ways could Dene's project be viewed as a response to the prologue narrator's views on the problems inherent in the historical representations of Natives in America?

Essay Topic 3

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

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