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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. What young boy does Opal befriend on Alcatraz?
(a) Rocky.
(b) Harvey.
(c) Michael.
(d) Edwin.

2. What is the object of Edwin's addiction?
(a) Heroin.
(b) The internet.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Alcohol.

3. What is the name of the relative Opal's mother leaves she and Jacquie with?
(a) Michael.
(b) Robert.
(c) Harvey.
(d) Ronald.

4. What tribe does Tony's grandmother tell him he is from?
(a) Cherokee.
(b) Cheyenne.
(c) Wampanoag.
(d) Arapaho.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tony Loneman call his own face?

2. What is the name of Dene's uncle who inspires his video project?

3. What is Opal's teddy bear's name?

4. In what year did Chief Massasoit's land deal with the colonists take place?

5. What is the main source of Edwin's insecurity about his appearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield's mother take she and her half-sister Jacquie after they abruptly move out of the yellow house in Oakland?

2. What happened to Metacomet, the Wampanoag Indian Chief?

3. Orange opens the prologue with a Bertolt Brecht poem about singing in dark times. How is this poem relevant to Native history as Orange writes about it in There There?

4. What does the prologue narrator say was the true main purpose of the first meal in 1621 between Indians and colonists that Americans now celebrate and commemorate as Thanksgiving?

5. How would you describe Edwin's relationship with his mother, Karen?

6. What did the colonists do to the Pequot at the Green Corn Dance in 1637?

7. What steps does Edwin Black take in order to try to find his father for the first time?

8. What was moving Indians to urban centers and cities supposed to have accomplished?

9. What are some of the media representations of Indians that are mentioned critically in the prologue?

10. How does Opal and Jacquie's mother decide to manage her illness when she finds out she has cancer?

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