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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Dene's uncle die from?
2. What Radiohead song does Dene listen to on the way to his grant interview?
3. In what year did Chief Massasoit's land deal with the colonists take place?
4. What problem does Edwin Black suffer from at the beginning of the chapter that introduces his character?
5. What is the cause of Tony Loneman's facial ireegularities?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens to Tony when he gets really angry?
2. What life-altering event happens to Jacquie on Alcatraz?
3. 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?
4. How does Opal and Jacquie's mother decide to manage her illness when she finds out she has cancer?
5. How would you describe Edwin's relationship with his mother, Karen?
6. According to the prologue narrator, what happened following another shared meal between Indians and colonists in 1623, two years after the land-deal meal?
7. What is the main issue that Dene is insecure about as he goes into his interview for his arts grant application?
8. Where does the prologue narrator say the Indian Head image appeared until the late 1970s?
9. 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?
10. Who is Dene Oxendene's inspiration for his video storytelling project on Natives?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Orange deals with traumatic subjects and themes but he includes moments of levity as well. Analyze how Orange uses humor as a device to develop characters and underscore more serious themes.
Essay Topic 2
What is Tony Loneman's last action before he dies? How does this act relate to what he says at the book's opening, "Maybe I'm'a do something one day, and everybody's gonna know about me. Maybe that's when I'll come to life. Maybe that's when they'll finally be able to look at me, because they'll have to" (19).
Essay Topic 3
Octavio is the only character who is killed at the powwow for whom Orange does not include a chapter from his perspective as he dies. Write an essay analyzing the effect Orange's choice has on the characterization of Octavio and the impact that choice has on the reader's perception of Octavio.
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