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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 Sixto do with Octavio when Octavio comes to visit him after his mother and brother's deaths?

2. Which of the following is the James Baldwin quote that opens Part III?

3. What significant piece of information does Jacquie tell Harvey about the consequences of his actions on Alcatraz?

4. What did Thomas's mother instruct them to do when DeLonna got sick from PCP?

5. How does Octavio's father die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Daniel do after his brother Manny's death to feel closer to him?

2. What bizarre story does Harvey tell Jacquie as they drive together from Phoenix to Oakland?

3. What is one of Bill Davis's great enthusiasms in life?

4. How does Calvin Johnson get pulled into the plot to rob the Big Oakland Powwow?

5. In the interlude, what does the narrator say about last names as they relate to Natives?

6. What does Bill try to catch out of annoyance when he sees it as he is preforming his maintenance duties at the Oakland Coliseum?

7. What are the circumstances around Thomas's firing?

8. Why does Blue decide to leave her husband Paul?

9. How does Bill Davis feel about Edwin Black?

10. What very strange physical ailment do Orvil and Opal share?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe some of the representations of the image of the Indian Head in There There. What are some of the themes Orange uses the Indian Head image to symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

Jacquie and Opal's mother had a saying about a spider's web being both a home and a trap. Explain the significance of spiders in There There and what Orange was trying to illustrate with the strange incidence of both Jacquie and Orvil pulling spider legs out of their own bodies.

Essay Topic 3

How does Tony Loneman's struggle with "The Drome" exemplify the general Native struggle with alcohol addiction?

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