Which of the following statements best describes Junior's sister Mary at the start of the novel?
Which of the following quotes from the novel proves that your answer to #1 is correct?
What is Junior's real name?
How would you describe Junior's family's financial situation?
Why does Junior throw a book at his teacher, Mr. P?
Why does Junior's dad shoot his dog?
What does the phrase "Kill the Indian to save the child" mean?
How does Mary leave the reservation after Junior decides to go to Reardan?
In the novel, Junior's grandmother represents -
How does Penelope find out that Junior is poor?
Who gives Junior a ride home after the winter formal?
What does Billionaire Ted try to return to the Spirit family at Junior’s grandmother’s funeral?
Why does Eugene get shot in the face outside 7-Eleven?
How does Junior find out Mary dies?
Who does Junior run into in the woods during Mary’s funeral?
What is the outcome of Reardan’s successful basketball season?
According to Junior’s dad’s story, what happens after some Indians burn Stupid Horse’s body?
Why does Mr. P think that Junior should leave the reservation?
Which of the following statements shows that Mr. P cares about Junior and his well-being?
Which of the following is a downside of going to school in Reardan?
How does Junior gain respect from the "white jocks" at Reardan?
What does Rowdy do when Junior tells Rowdy he is leaving?
What does Junior do on Halloween?
Which of the following is NOT one of the ways Junior goes to and from school?
What did Rowdy do for Junior after the Andruss Brothers jumped Junior?
Arnold's experiences with what sport become a testament to positive thinking?
Junior handles life in a different way than most people. Junior’s differences include the following EXCEPT
According to Junior's parents, who has the most hope?
How much money did Junior have on the night of winter formal?
Gordy and Junior have many things in common EXCEPT
What is the Reardan school mascot?
What was Penelope’s biggest problem?
Why does Junior say he was bullied as a child on the Spokane reservation?
How does the novel end?
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
"Oh, she loved to write short stories. […] She wouldn't let anybody read them.”
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
"[He] is the toughest kid on the Rez”.
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
“Everyone loved [him]. He was the best football player […]. It would’ve been un-American not to love the best football player."
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
"[He] was a racist."
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
“Best of all, he taught me how to read.”
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
“When I first started teaching here, that's what we did to the rowdy ones[…] We beat them."
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
“[He] could have been a jazz musician”, but he is just a drunk."
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
“I want to go to Stanford and study architecture. […] I want to build something beautiful. Because I want to be remembered."
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
“I draw all the time. […] I draw because words are too unpredictable."
What point of view is the novel written in?
All of the following are issues that are seen in the novel EXCEPT for
This novel explores the relationships people have to literature and -
On the reservation, Junior feels like a(n) -
Which of the following gives Junior trouble in his search for identity?
Which of the following DOES NOT show the issue of poverty in the novel?
Which of the following DOES NOT show the recurring topic of hope in the novel?
Friendship is another topic that is seen throughout the course of the novel. Junior establishes friendships with all of the following people EXCEPT
True or False
Junior loves Kentucky Fried Chicken, especially when he has not eaten it for a while.
True or False
Rowdy cuts off the Andruss brothers' braids and shaves their eyebrows.
True or False
Mr. P wants Junior to leave the rez so he can play on a better basketball team.
True or False
After Junior punches Roger, Roger shakes Junior's hand and they become friends immediatly.
What is the most likely reason that Roger does not fight Junior after being punched in the face?
What does Junior's dog, Oscar, symbolize in the novel?
Which of the following words best describes Mr. Dodge's attitude toward Junior when Junior corrects him about petrified wood?
What is one way that Junior does not try to reconnect with Rowdy?
How does the Reardan community's perception of Junior change over the course of the novel?
Why do people from Junior's reservation call him an apple?
How are Penelope and Junior's life experiences similar?
According to Junior, how can Native American families be different from white families?
According to Junior, what are the most powerful words a person can say to another?
Who said the following quote?
"You can't stop me. I've been kicking your ass for fourteen years."
Who said the following quote?
"We can't beat these guys with our talent. We just aren't good enough. But I think we have bigger hearts. And I think we have a secret weapon."
Who said the following quote?
"[The powwow dance outfit] looks more Sioux to me...Maybe Oglala. Maybe. I'm not an expert. Your anthropologist wasn't much of an expert, either. He got this way wrong."
Who said the following quote?
"Most nights, I walk home. I hitchhike. Somebody usually picks me up. I've only had to walk the whole way a few times."
Who said the following quote?
"I love it here in Montana. It's beautiful. Yesterday, I rode a horse for the first time."
Who said the following quote?
"Hey, Chief...You want to hear a joke?"
Who said the following quote?
"Are you going to bore me with your tautologies all day or are you going to actually say something?"
Who said the following quote?
"You see, you men and boys are like packs of wild dogs. This giant boy is the alpha male of the school, and you're like the new dog, so he pushed you around a bit to see how tough you are."
Who said the following quote?
"I hate this little town. It's so small, too small. Everything about it is small. The people here have small ideas. Small dreams."
Who said the following quote?
"Man...There's a lot of white people here...You doing all right with them?"
Who said the following quote?
"It's going to be hard to get you to Reardan...We can't afford to move there. And there ain't no school bus going to come out here."
Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
"Junior," he said. "Carry Oscar outside."
"No!" I screamed.
"He's suffering," Dad said. "We have to help him."
"You can't do it!" I shouted.
I wanted to punch my dad in the face. I wanted to punch him in the nose and make him bleed. I wanted to punch him in the eye and make him blind. I wanted to kick him in the balls and make him pass out...
Dad just looked down at me with the saddest look in his eyes. He was crying. He looked weak. I wanted to hate him for his weakness...
I wanted to run faster than the speed of sound but nobody, no matter how much pain they're in, can run that fast. So I heard the boom of my father's rifle when he shot my best friend.
A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that.
What theme is connected to Oscar's death and the additional deaths in the rest of the novel?
Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
"Junior," he said. "Carry Oscar outside."
"No!" I screamed.
"He's suffering," Dad said. "We have to help him."
"You can't do it!" I shouted.
I wanted to punch my dad in the face. I wanted to punch him in the nose and make him bleed. I wanted to punch him in the eye and make him blind. I wanted to kick him in the balls and make him pass out...
Dad just looked down at me with the saddest look in his eyes. He was crying. He looked weak. I wanted to hate him for his weakness...
I wanted to run faster than the speed of sound but nobody, no matter how much pain they're in, can run that fast. So I heard the boom of my father's rifle when he shot my best friend.
A bullet only costs about two cents, and anybody can afford that.
How is the underlined and bolded quote effective in the passage?
Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
I slumped into her class and sat in the back of the room.
"Oh, class," she said. "We have a special guest today. It's Arnold Spirit. I didn't realize you still went to this school, Mr. Spirit."
The classroom went quiet. They all knew my family had been living inside a grief-storm. And had this teacher just mocked me for that?
"What did you just say?" I asked her.
"You really shouldn't be missing class this much," she said to me.
If I'd been stronger, I would have stood up to her. I would have called her names. I would have walked across the room and slapped her.
But I was too broken.
Instead, it was Gordy who defended me.
He stood with his textbook and dropped it.
Whomp!
...Gordy showed a lot of courage in standing up to a teacher like that. And his courage inspired others.
What does the textbook symbolize in the above passage as well as in the entire novel?
Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
I slumped into her class and sat in the back of the room.
"Oh, class," she said. "We have a special guest today. It's Arnold Spirit. I didn't realize you still went to this school, Mr. Spirit."
The classroom went quiet. They all knew my family had been living inside a grief-storm. And had this teacher just mocked me for that?
"What did you just say?" I asked her.
"You really shouldn't be missing class this much," she said to me.
If I'd been stronger, I would have stood up to her. I would have called her names. I would have walked across the room and slapped her.
But I was too broken.
Instead, it was Gordy who defended me.
He stood with his textbook and dropped it.
Whomp!
...Gordy showed a lot of courage in standing up to a teacher like that. And his courage inspired others.
Based on the above passage, how can Gordy be characterized?
Read the passage and answer the question that follows:
I slumped into her class and sat in the back of the room.
"Oh, class," she said. "We have a special guest today. It's Arnold Spirit. I didn't realize you still went to this school, Mr. Spirit."
The classroom went quiet. They all knew my family had been living inside a grief-storm. And had this teacher just mocked me for that?
"What did you just say?" I asked her.
"You really shouldn't be missing class this much," she said to me.
If I'd been stronger, I would have stood up to her. I would have called her names. I would have walked across the room and slapped her.
But I was too broken.
Instead, it was Gordy who defended me.
He stood with his textbook and dropped it.
Whomp!
...Gordy showed a lot of courage in standing up to a teacher like that. And his courage inspired others.
What conflict has Junior been facing (as referenced in the passage) and how has the conflict affected him?
True or False?
When Junior spends the night in the hospital, Rowdy visits and stays with him.
True or False?
Junior gets assaulted and robbed on Halloween.
True or False?
When they go out to eat after the winter formal dance, Roger tries to give Junior money to pay for his food but Junior refuses to accept it.
True or False?
At the basketball game against Wellpinit, Junior has to get stitches when a fan throws a coin at him and hits him in the forehead.
True or False?
During Grandmother Spirit's wake, Junior endures bullying and ridicule.