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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprises Thomas about Victor and Junior and the band?
(a) That they would be in a band with him.
(b) Their rapid improvement.
(c) That he always considered them stupid.
(d) That they know music.

2. To where does Chess say she is thinking of moving?
(a) Seattle.
(b) The Spokane Reservation.
(c) Portland.
(d) Flathead Reservation.

3. What type of songs does Thomas say the band needs?
(a) Native American songs.
(b) Original music.
(c) Songs that can be used for dancing.
(d) Songs that tell a story.

4. What does the band find out when they arrive at their first gig?
(a) It is owned by a white woman.
(b) They are hours early.
(c) They know the owner.
(d) It has terrible acoustics.

5. For what was Thomas' father known?
(a) As a war hero.
(b) As a star basketball player.
(c) As a chief.
(d) As an excellent hunter.

6. What kind of music does the band play?
(a) Spiritrual enlightenment music.
(b) Country Western music.
(c) Punk rock.
(d) Heavy Metal music.

7. What does Junior dream about a car when he was young?
(a) Having a car take off down a hill when he was alone in it.
(b) Being hit by a car when he was three.
(c) Being in a car outside the bar where his parents were drinking.
(d) Being locked in a car for three days.

8. What do the strangers from outside the reservation expect to hear from the band?
(a) Country Western music.
(b) Punk rock.
(c) Spiritrual enlightenment music.
(d) Heavy Metal music.

9. Who does Junior dream has captured him in the nineteenth century?
(a) An Apache tribe.
(b) Stonewall Jackson.
(c) George Wright.
(d) General Custer.

10. What joke does Victor makes that enrages Checkers?
(a) Having the sisters clean his house.
(b) Cooking Samuel.
(c) About Checkers singing.
(d) Making the women cook.

11. How are the newspaper reviews of the band?
(a) There are no reviews.
(b) Overwhelmingly bad.
(c) Overwhelmingly good.
(d) Mixed.

12. What does Thomas tell the sisters about his mother?
(a) How she hit his father with a frying pan.
(b) How good she was to him.
(c) How she died.
(d) How she quit drinking.

13. What happens when the band arrives for its first gig?
(a) The guitar breaks.
(b) One of their drums falls out on the highway.
(c) They get a flat tire.
(d) They get lost.

14. Where does Thomas sleep at Chess's house?
(a) He does not sleep at her house.
(b) On the floor.
(c) In her bed.
(d) On the couch.

15. What does Checkers decide to do about the band?
(a) She does not decide to do anything about the band.
(b) Quit it.
(c) Change the name.
(d) Stay if they kick Victor out.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Checkers first tell Father Arnold when she sees him?

2. Why does Junior get fired?

3. What does Victor dream about his stepfather?

4. What does Victor dream about with a priest?

5. Who does Thomas say are allowed to see Big Mom?

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