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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 is a hallucination that Victor and his friend have at the lake?

2. What does Victor wonder about the event with his uncles during the holiday party?

3. Why is Thomas Builds-a-Fire sent to prison after his trial?

4. What does Victor's father do when Victor tries to bond with him?

5. According to Victor, what do their ancestors laugh at?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Victor's opinion about 7-11 stores?

2. What does Victor do when the waitress invites him back to her Winnebago?

3. What happens to Victor's parents at the New Year's Eve party in 1976?

4. Why is the tribal council burning houses?

5. Why is Jimmy One-horse's wife mad at him?

6. How does Thomas Builds-a-Fire assist Victor after his father dies?

7. How does Victor's father kill a man?

8. Why does Junior drop out of college?

9. What do Victor's sisters do when they are really hungry?

10. Why does baby James have a dent in his head?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In his stories, Alexie frequently includes details of every­day contemporary life and pop culture. What effect does this have? What do these details contribute to the tone and texture of the stories? Use examples from the novel to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

What allusions predominate in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven? Analyze how they enhance the work's meaning. Use examples from the novel to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

How do the characters in The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven build myths around gifted individuals? Does this practice bolster or erode a sense of pride in the characters? How? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

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