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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 Lipsha ask Shawnee in Chapter 17?

2. Who arrives at Redford's aunts' house with a police officer and social worker?

3. Why does Lipsha want the stuffed toucan?

4. Why can't the police officer and social worker step onto the aunts' property?

5. Whom does Lipsha agree to meet in Fargo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Lipsha and the motel Bible in Chapter 14?

2. How are Shawnee's performances at the powwow?

3. Why does Lyman dance during his fast?

4. What vision does Lipsha see of Lyman's future bingo hall?

5. Why does Shawnee say she has a strong feeling of Lipsha's presence in Chapter 26?

6. What happens during Lipsha's dream that he is prison?

7. What happens to Lipsha during his spiritual fast?

8. Why does Lipsha take up an interest in religion?

9. What does the police officer say to Mary Fred before he can see her in the shed?

10. What makes Shawnee feel warm in her apartment at school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After returning home, Lipsha spends most of his time trying to win over Shawnee. Summarize their relationship and describe how the quest for this relationship hurts and helps Lipsha. How does Lipsha develop throughout the novel because of this relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Dancing is important in "The Bingo Palace". Reflect on four times that dancing is used in the novel. Describe the dance: Who is dancing? Where are they dancing? Why are they dancing? What does dancing represent in this novel and what does it do for the characters who dance?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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