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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 image was on the television when Jacquie and Opal left Ronald's house?

2. What does Bill think about Edwin?

3. Where does Opal work?

4. What does Jacquie do to ensure she will not drink at the hotel?

5. What does Thomas do with the bat that gets trapped in the Indian Center?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Orvil Red Feather want Opal to teach him about?

2. What does Octavio's grandmother Josefina ask Octavio to help her with in order to ward off the curse she says he is under?

3. Why does Opal take care of her half-sister Jacquie's three grandsons instead of Jacquie taking care of them?

4. Why does Octavio's grandmother Josefina think her own father cursed her?

5. What does Calvin Johnson tell Dene Oxendene for his video storytelling project?

6. Who gave Opal the regalia that Orvil has secretly been trying on and what is that person's relationship to another main character?

7. What is the one thing Thomas Frank was always good at?

8. What story does Orvil tell Dene Oxendene for his video storytelling project?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Cyclical, generational poverty motivates many of the young male Native characters in There There to make violent choices. What parallels does Orange draw between the systemic oppression Natives suffered at the hands of whites and the present-day financial struggles of the young Natives in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

The internet and online communities are both positive and negative influences in There There. Write an essay analyzing the role the internet plays in the lives of both Edwin Black and Daniel Gonzales.

Essay Topic 3

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).

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