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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does baby James have a dent in his head?
(a) He is accidentally dropped.
(b) His doctor uses forceps during his birth.
(c) He is thrown out of a window.
(d) He has a rare birth defect.

2. What is Victor's aunt's reaction to her husband and son's treatment during the mouse incident?
(a) She is sad.
(b) She is ambivalent.
(c) She is outraged.
(d) She is thankful.

3. Why are reservation Indians unable to marry Urban Indians?
(a) It is believed that the Urban Indians have contracted illnesses.
(b) Because of the Indian Resettlement Act.
(c) The Urban Indians lose all rights and privileges afforded to those on the reservation.
(d) They live too far away.

4. According to Victor, Indians make the best __________ because they can ride horses.
(a) Cowboys.
(b) Jockeys.
(c) Hunters.
(d) Ranchers.

5. Why is Victor punishing Dirty Joe at the carnival?
(a) For threatening people.
(b) For his drunkeness.
(c) For being offensive to his mother.
(d) For promoting negative stereotypes of Indian people.

6. Why does Victor take baby James home to take care of him?
(a) Because he is the baby's father.
(b) Because there are no immediate relatives.
(c) Because he ends up on welfare anyway.
(d) Because he is friends with the baby's father.

7. According to Victor, what do you have to do to avoid past and future skeletons?
(a) To drink to forget the past and avoid thinking about the future.
(b) To keep moving.
(c) To keep focused on the present.
(d) To stop doing things you regret.

8. How does Victor convince the person to assist him with the incident with Dirty Joe at the carnival?
(a) He says that Indians have no problems with gravity.
(b) He says that the situation is a public safety concern.
(c) He says that Dirty Joe is communicating with dead ancestors.
(d) He says that Dirty Joe should be punnished.

9. How old is Victor when he is introduced to the reader?
(a) Nine-years old.
(b) Thirty-years old.
(c) Twenty-two-years old.
(d) Sixteen-years old.

10. How do Victor and his teammates pass the time at the state basketball finals?
(a) They look at first-aid manuals.
(b) They practice their drills.
(c) They talk about girls.
(d) They do cheers and chants.

11. What is Victor's philosophy toward drinking?
(a) He drinks to make his life seem normal.
(b) The only way to drink is to binge.
(c) If he drinks one more beer, then everything in his life is better.
(d) He drinks to forget his past.

12. What does the bingo game that Victor discusses after his experience with the waitress represent to him?
(a) Indians are playing the game of life that is stacked against them.
(b) That he is so far behind to win in life.
(c) That everyone finds happiness but him.
(d) That he does not have the tools he needs to elevate his status.

13. Why is the situation in jail like a war?
(a) Because everyday is like a battle.
(b) Because there is a daily death toll.
(c) Because of the adversity.
(d) Because everyone had a "turf".

14. What "crime" does Thomas Builds-a-Fire commit twenty years ago?
(a) Public drunkeness.
(b) He holds the postmaster at gunpoint.
(c) Writing grafitti.
(d) Indecent exposure.

15. How does Victor play with the BB gun when he and Adrian are together?
(a) He puts the gun up to his temple.
(b) He shoots at squirrels.
(c) He pretends to shoot his troubles away.
(d) He plays cowboys and Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adrian play with the BB gun when he and Victor are together?

2. What holiday are the characters celebrating in the first chapter?

3. Where do Victor and his companion escape to when being chased at the carnival?

4. Where does Victor have to travel to deal with his father's ashes after his death?

5. Where has Victor's white lover been the night before she leaves him?

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