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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 is Jacquie's daughter's name who died tragically 13 years ago?

3. What happens to Blue right before she gets to the bus station?

4. What does Opal text Jacquie to tell her about Orvil?

5. What is the name of Calvin Johnson's brother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What pivotal person from Jacquie's past does she meet in Phoenix and how does she meet him?

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

7. Why does Orange suggest Opal has developed superstitious behaviors?

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

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

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

Powwows are powerful events for Natives today. Orange expands upon their meaning in the Interlude. (134). Analyze the significance of powwows and explain how the Big Oakland Powwow ends up both fitting and subverting the traditional purpose of a powwow.

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 the relationship between the book's prologue section and Dene Oxendene's vision for his storytelling project? In what ways could Dene's project be viewed as a response to the prologue narrator's views on the problems inherent in the historical representations of Natives in America?

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