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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. Why does Lipsha give Shawnee money at the hotel?

2. What does the narrator say Albertine did not escape?

3. Whom does Shawnee call for help when she is detained at the Canadian border?

4. What does Albertine say her mother was known for?

5. Where does Lipsha drive in Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lipsha feel that Zelda impacts his life?

2. What role does Fleur play in Lyman's dream?

3. What does Lyman do after gambling away his money?

4. What makes Lipsha feel jealous when he visits Shawnee in Chapter 9?

5. How is Lipsha's relationship with Lyman complicated?

6. How does Lyman try to distract himself from the attraction of gambling?

7. What happens when Lipsha feels that he sees his dead mother?

8. Why does Albertine take part in the naming ceremony?

9. What does Lipsha get a tattoo of and why?

10. Why does June promise herself that no one will ever hold her again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lipsha often reflects on his luck. How does luck appear in "The Bingo Palace" for Lipsha and the other characters? How do they feel about luck? To what do they compare it? What does luck mean in this novel and how is it compared to the natural world?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Lyman's bingo hall. What does the it represent to Lyman? Choose three other characters and describe what the bingo hall represents to them. How does the hall move the plot of this novel forward?

Essay Topic 3

"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?

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