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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 does Albertine say she sought in school?
2. What ancestor's name does Albertine take on at the naming ceremony?
3. What does Shawnee admit to herself about her relationship with Lyman?
4. Who took Shawnee and Redford in?
5. What does Lipsha realize when he attends a social gathering at the end of Chapter 1?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Shawnee's parents act at the gathering?
2. What happens when Lipsha finds Fleur at the church in Chapter 11?
3. What does Jewett assume about Fleur's land?
4. What is Lyman's new business plan?
5. How is June Morrissey described?
6. What do the people of the reservation assume about the young white boy with Fleur?
7. Where does Lyman feel he lost his "true face"?
8. Why does Albertine take part in the naming ceremony?
9. Why is Shawnee conflicted over her feelings for Lipsha?
10. Why does Lulu go to the post office?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
"The Bingo Palace" compares traditional life to life off the reservation. How is each described? What represents each style of living? How is Lipsha torn between the two? How does he feel that he can merge the two? By the end of the novel, do you think Lipsha is more or less traditional?
Essay Topic 2
Describe how Lipsha's attempt to return home to the reservation could be considered a failure. How could he be considered a success? What are his goals? What are the hopes of the people on the reservation? Do you think Lipsha finds value or danger in his trip home?
Essay Topic 3
The ancestors serve as narrators during parts of "The Bingo Palace." Who are the ancestors and why are they valued in reservation life? What judgments do the ancestors have? Why does the author sometimes use them as narrators? How do they add to the narration of this novel?
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