Part time indian 2

What does Junior like to do to help relieve stress?

• get drunk

• beat kids up

• eat chicken

• draw cartoons

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What does this cartoon represent?

• Junior's fantasy about hurting Mr. P. Junior fantasizes about this because he got a bad grade on his geometry test.

• Both Junior's fantasy and the reality of what happened when Junior's anger about poverty on the rez exploded.

• An image from one of Rowdy's comic books that Junior recreated for him.

• An image from Mary's diary. Junior found the diary while snooping around her stuff in the basement.

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What does Mr. P. tell Junior he will find far from the reservation?

• hope

• the ocean

• his ancestors

• regret

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Who is the "toughest kid on the rez"?

• Junior

• Mary

• Gordy

• Rowdy

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What evidence from the text best supports the idea that poverty teaches people perseverance(meaning to not give up, to keep fighting?

• "My hopes and dreams floated up in a mushroom cloud. What do you do when the world has declared nuclear war on you?"

• "He doesn't believe in physical punishment; he believes in staring so cold at me that I turn into a ice-covered ice cube with an icy filling."

• "You've been fighting since you were born," he said. "You fought off that brain surgery. You fought off those seizures. You fought off all the drunks and drug addicts."

• "When I first started teaching here, that's what we did to the rowdy ones, you know? We beat them. That's how we were taught to teach you. We were supposed to kill the Indian to save the child."

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Why does Mr. P. predict Rowdy will get "meaner and meaner"?

• He was forced to move onto the reservation.

• He is regularly abused by his father.

• He is a really good basketball player.

• His sister left without saying goodbye.

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Rowdy is Junior’s best friend. What other role does Rowdy play in Junior’s life?

• Advisor
• Protector
• Provider
• Teacher

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What does Junior’s 30-year-old geometry book symbolize?

• Junior’s yearning for knowledge
• The poverty of the Spokane tribe
• Mr. P’s desire to teach his students
• The quality of education at the reservation

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i couldn't sleep that night because i kept thinking about my impending doom

• about to happen
• unfortunate
• incredible
• never ending

“Kill the Indian to save the child.” What does this mean? 

• Indians will kill children if you don’t stop them.
• If you have to choose between two people, choose the youngest. 
• Destroying Indian culture is  best for the Indian children.

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