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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Orvil do with the money he gets for participating in Dene's project?
(a) He buys them all dinner.
(b) He buys Lony a new bike.
(c) He buys drugs.
(d) He buys new regalia.

2. What was the word written on the bat that Opal used to hit Ronald?
(a) Chief.
(b) Storey.
(c) Lightening.
(d) Shield.

3. Who fights with Manny and Daniel's father and removes him from the house?
(a) Manny.
(b) Edwin.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Daniel.

4. Which of the following people is at least partially responsible for Octavio's father's killing?
(a) Calvin.
(b) Edwin.
(c) Manny.
(d) Sixto.

5. How did Jacquie's daughter die?
(a) She was murdered.
(b) She had a car accident.
(c) She committed suicide.
(d) She overdosed.

6. Why does Fina think her own father cursed her?
(a) Because she yelled at him.
(b) Because she took drugs.
(c) Because she married someone who was not Indian.
(d) Because she got pregnant out of wedlock and had an abortion.

7. What is Thomas Frank's favorite pastime?
(a) Playing drums in a drum circle.
(b) Playing baseball.
(c) Playing soccer.
(d) Traditional Indian dancing.

8. Who does Harvey tell Jacquie he was drinking with in the desert they are crossing when he saw a strange vision?
(a) His wife.
(b) His son.
(c) Navajo twins.
(d) His girlfriend.

9. What is the name of the person who leads Thomas's drum circle?
(a) Harvey Eagle.
(b) Bobby Metacomet.
(c) Rocky Ledge.
(d) Bobby Big Medicine.

10. Where did Blue get a job once she moved to Oakland?
(a) The local hospital.
(b) The Indian Center.
(c) The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
(d) The local grocery store.

11. Who is in the backseat of Geraldine's car when she picks Blue up on the side of the road?
(a) Geraldine's father, Robert.
(b) Calvin.
(c) Geraldine's brother, Hector.
(d) Dene.

12. What does Daniel teach himself to do at least in part with the help of an online community?
(a) Write computer code.
(b) Assemble a car engine.
(c) Perform traditional Native dances.
(d) Build a robot.

13. What did Thomas's mother instruct them to do when DeLonna got sick from PCP?
(a) Make a medicine box.
(b) Form a prayer circle over her.
(c) Call an ambulance.
(d) Burn some incense.

14. What did Bill go to jail for?
(a) Stabbing someone in a bar fight.
(b) Shooting someone.
(c) Robbing a liquor store.
(d) Committing insurance fraud.

15. A quote from which author opens the interlude?
(a) Christopher Hitchens.
(b) Kurt Vonnegut.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Charles Baudelaire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orvil talk about when he sits down for Dene's project?

2. Which war did Bill serve in?

3. What does Loother forget to bring to the powwow?

4. What does Karen frequently ask Bill to do for Edwin?

5. Where does Tony Loneman buy the bullets for the powwow?

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