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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. In the old Cheyenne folktale about the rolling head, what creature does the husband find his wife with?
(a) A buffalo.
(b) A whale.
(c) A snake-like water monster.
(d) A deer.

2. Where does Edwin's mother say she has heard about a job opening?
(a) At the library.
(b) At the Walmart.
(c) At the Big Oakland Powwow.
(d) At the local grocery store.

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

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

5. In what year did Chief Massasoit's land deal with the colonists take place?
(a) 1675.
(b) 1621.
(c) 1702.
(d) 1605.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the public transport train system in Oakland that Tony Loneman routinely rides?

2. Dene tells the panel that which of the following is a reason that people are not interested in Native stories?

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

4. Which famous writer does the hipster Rob quote to Dene as he is waiting to go in to his grant interview?

5. Who rapes Jacquie on Alcatraz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main issue that Dene is insecure about as he goes into his interview for his arts grant application?

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

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 physical condition does Edwin suffer from at the beginning of the novel and what is it a possible metaphor for?

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

6. 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?

7. What was the old Cheyenne story in the prologue about?

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

9. What do Dene Oxendene and the white hipster named Rob talk about as they both wait for their art grant interviews?

10. What is the one main thing that Tony Loneman and Octavio Gomez have in common?

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