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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near the end of "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above," what do Estelle and her son notice on the back of the white dress of a woman walking along the street?
(a) A large tear.
(b) A paint stain.
(c) A large blood stain.
(d) A big grass stain.

2. How many children do David and Sharon have?
(a) Four.
(b) None.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

3. How long does the pawnshop owner give Jackson to come back with the money to redeem the regalia?
(a) One week.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Ten days.
(d) Twenty-four hours.

4. What does Jackson try to sell to earn money to redeem the pow-wow regalia from the pawnshop?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) His shoes.
(d) His blood.

5. What does Estelle's answering machine message say she's probably out doing?
(a) Bungee jumping.
(b) Climbing a dormant volcano.
(c) Romancing a man.
(d) Parachuting from a plane.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of work does William do?

2. What identifies the regalia in the pawnshop window as the property of the person to whom Jackson thinks it once belonged?

3. What does Jackson do with his lottery winnings?

4. What kind of women are most of Estelle's friends?

5. Where do David and Sharon find a lost cat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Estelle's relationship with her son in "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above."

2. How are white people depicted in "The Life and Times of Estelle Walks Above" and how does this depiction compare to Estelle's opinion of white people?

3. Why do you think Estelle fails to help the bleeding woman in the final scene of the story and how does this failure affect her relationship with her son?

4. Why does Jackson consider himself an "effective" homeless man?

5. In "Do You Know Where I Am?", what is Sharon's family background and is it the stereotypical background for an Indian?

6. How does the title of the story "Do You Know Where I Am?" relate to the story?

7. Why does Estelle's son say he doesn't know what an Indian is supposed to be?

8. Describe what Sharon and David do with their children on the day Sharon confesses her infidelity and what it indicates about Sharon and David's relationship.

9. In "Do You Know Where I Am?", what is David's family background and is it the stereotypical background for an Indian?

10. What factors do you think contribute to and help perpetuate Jackson's homelessness in "What You Pawn, I Will Redeem"?

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