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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the title of the first novel ever written by a Native person?
(a) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
(b) Don Quixote.
(c) The Life and Adventures of Joaquin Murieta.
(d) The Drum Circle.

2. What does Dene NOT have that he feels might hurt him in his grant interview?
(a) Money to offer.
(b) A good video camera.
(c) A work sample.
(d) A sponsor.

3. What Radiohead song does Dene listen to on the way to his grant interview?
(a) Stir.
(b) There There.
(c) Creeping.
(d) Crazy star.

4. Who is Tony Loneman's grandmother?
(a) Josefina.
(b) Jacquie.
(c) Maxine.
(d) Opal.

5. What is Edwin's mother's name?
(a) Maxine.
(b) Norma.
(c) Karen.
(d) Opal.

6. In the old Cheyenne folktale, what happens to the rolling head after it drinks the water from the chasm?
(a) The rolling head bursts into flames.
(b) The rolling head becomes confused and drunk.
(c) The rolling head dies.
(d) The rolling head starts singing.

7. What does Dene's uncle die from?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Drug overdose.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Cancer.

8. What problem does Edwin Black suffer from at the beginning of the chapter that introduces his character?
(a) Eczema.
(b) Migraine headaches.
(c) Colitis.
(d) Constipation.

9. Who is Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield's half-sister?
(a) Jennifer Bear Shield.
(b) Jacquie Red Feather.
(c) Maxine Red Feather.
(d) Blue Bear Shield.

10. How old is Tony Loneman?
(a) 28.
(b) 30.
(c) 21.
(d) 25.

11. Which real-life Native author's book did Tony Loneman read to his grandmother?
(a) Sherman Alexie.
(b) Louise Erdrich.
(c) Corey Youngblood.
(d) Jacquie Red Feather.

12. Dene tells the panel that which of the following is a reason that people are not interested in Native stories?
(a) Natives have been too scared to tell their stories.
(b) Stereotypes of the Native story are too sad to even be entertaining.
(c) Whites have completely distorted Natives' stories.
(d) No one can afford to pay Natives to tell their stories.

13. Where does Opal's mother take her and her sister when they leave the yellow house in Oakland in 1970?
(a) A reservation.
(b) Alcatraz.
(c) Canada.
(d) Phoenix.

14. What does the husband in the old Cheyenne folktale do with the creature after he kills it?
(a) He drinks its blood.
(b) He burns it.
(c) He chops it up and uses it in a ceremony.
(d) He brings the meat home and serves it to his children.

15. What word does Orange mention that describes an Indian that supposedly acts white?
(a) Twizzler.
(b) Redwood.
(c) Apple.
(d) Plum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What piece of equipment does Dene's uncle leave for him?

2. What is Dene's mother's name?

3. Which city does the narrator focus on as a center for urban Indians?

4. In 1637, colonists massacred hundreds of Pequot Indians at what event?

5. Who rapes Jacquie on Alcatraz?

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