Which of the following statements best describes Junior's sister Mary at the start of the novel?
Question 2
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Which of the following quotes from the novel proves that your answer to #1 is correct?
Question 3
3.
What is Junior's real name?
Question 4
4.
How would you describe Junior's family's financial situation?
Question 5
5.
Why does Junior throw a book at his teacher, Mr. P?
Question 6
6.
Why does Junior's dad shoot his dog?
Question 7
7.
What does the phrase "Kill the Indian to save the child" mean?
Question 8
8.
How does Mary leave the reservation after Junior decides to go to Reardan?
Question 9
9.
In the novel, Junior's grandmother represents
Question 10
10.
How does Penelope find out that Junior is poor?
Question 11
11.
Who gives Junior a ride home after the winter formal?
Question 12
12.
What does Billionaire Ted try to return to the Spirit family at Junior’s grandmother’s funeral?
Question 13
13.
Why does Eugene get shot in the face outside 7-Eleven?
Question 14
14.
How does Junior find out Mary dies?
Question 15
15.
Who does Junior run into in the woods during Mary’s funeral?
Question 16
16.
What is the outcome of Reardan’s successful basketball season?
Question 17
17.
What would Junior’s dad have been if he had more opportunity?
Question 18
18.
According to Junior’s dad’s story, what happens after some Indians burn Stupid Horse’s body?
Question 19
19.
Why does Mr. P think that Junior should leave the reservation?
Question 20
20.
Which of the following statements shows that Mr. P cares about Junior and his well-being?
Question 21
21.
Which of the following is a downside of going to school in Reardan?
Question 22
22.
What is the upside or positive of going to school in Reardan?
Question 23
23.
How does Junior gain respect from the "white jocks" at Reardan?
Question 24
24.
What does Rowdy do when Junior tells Rowdy he is leaving?
Question 25
25.
What does Junior do on Halloween?
Question 26
26.
Which of the following is NOTone of the ways Junior goes to and from school?
Question 27
27.
What did Rowdy do for Junior after the Andruss Brothers jumped Junior?
Question 28
28.
Arnold's experiences with what become a testament to positive thinking?
Question 29
29.
Junior handles life in a different way than most people. Junior’s differences include the following EXCEPT
Question 30
30.
According to Junior's parents, who has the most hope?
Question 31
31.
How much money did Junior have on the night of winter formal?
Question 32
32.
The boys at Reardan call Junior all of the following racial slurs EXCEPT
Question 33
33.
Gordy and Junior have many things in common EXCEPT
Question 34
34.
What is the Reardan school mascot?
Question 35
35.
What was Penelope’s biggest problem?
Question 36
36.
Why does Junior say he was bullied as a child on the Spokane reservation?
Question 37
37.
How does the novel end?
Question 38
38.
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
"So I heard the boom of my father's rifle when he shot my best friend.”
Question 39
39.
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
"Oh, she loved to write short stories. […] She wouldn't let anybody read them.”
Question 40
40.
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
"[He] is the toughest kid on the Rez”.
Question 41
41.
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."
Question 42
42.
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
"[He] was a racist."
Question 43
43.
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
“Best of all, he taught me how to read.”
Question 44
44.
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."
Question 45
45.
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
“[He] could have been a jazz musician”, but he is just a drunk."
Question 46
46.
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."
Question 47
47.
Identify the person represented in the following quote:
“I draw all the time. […] I draw because words are too unpredictable.
Question 48
48.
What point of view is the novel written in?
Question 49
49.
A consistent topic or idea in the novel is which of the following?
Question 50
50.
All of the following are issues that are seen in the novel EXCEPT for
Question 51
51.
This novel explores the relationships people have to literature and
Question 52
52.
On the reservation, Arnold feels like a(n)
Question 53
53.
Which of the following gives Arnold trouble in his search for identity?
Question 54
54.
Which of the following DOES NOT show the issue of poverty in the novel?
Question 55
55.
Which of the following DOES NOT show the recurring topic of hope in the novel?
Question 56
56.
Friendship is another topic that is seen throughout the course of the novel. Junior establishes friendships with all of the following people EXCEPT
Question 57
57.
The issue of race is present in each of the following events, EXCEPT
Question 58
58.
Answer the following prompt in at least a 2-3 paragraph response with 4-5 sentences per paragraph. Be sure to answer ALL the parts of the original question and to provide plenty of examples from the novel to support your thinking.
Question: Hope and happiness, or the lack of hope and happiness, are big topics that are in this book. Do you think that the white people in Reardan are really any happier than the Indians living on the reservation? What is the biggest difference between people living in Reardan and people living on the reservation? Give some examples of how the issue of hope is presented in the novel.