The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Ch 26-29)

The title of this chapter is "Rowdy and I have a Long and Serious Discussion about Basketball." Why is this humorous?

• Because it's actually a short discussion, just talking about who will beat who next season.

• Rowdy and Junior never have a serious talk about anything.

• Basketball was never mentioned.

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How does Mary die?

• Mary died in a drunk driving accident.

• She got drunk and passed out. While she was passed out, her trailer caught on fire and she died in the fire.

• Mary was killed when the casino she worked at was robbed.

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How does Junior react to Mary’s death?

• He runs away.

• He laughs.

• He blames his father.

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Why does Junior feel responsible in some way for Mary’s death?

• Junior is the one who gave her the candle that caused the fire.

• Junior was angry after Mary left and wished her dead.

• Junior left the reservation first, which encouraged Mary to leave. If she hadn't left, she wouldn't have died.

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How do the students at Reardan show they care?

• When Junior returns after Mary's funeral, many come up to him, give him hugs, jabs, and cry with him.

• The students at Reardan ignore him and act like nothing happened.

• Many students attended Mary's funeral.

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How did Junior do on his final freshman report card?

• He failed Geometry.

• Mostly Cs with one or 2 Bs.

• All As and Bs.

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What realizations does Junior arrive at?

• He wishes he had stayed at school in Wellpinit.

• He was no longer a part of a tribe.

• Many of his tribe members are slowly killing themselves by drinking.

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When Junior ran away from Mary's funeral, he didn't get very far. Why?

• He ran into Rowdy.

• His father caught him.

• He ran into a tree and hurt himself.

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Rowdy blamed Junior for Mary's death. Why?

• Rowdy hated Junior and thought everything was his fault.

• Rowdy had heard that Junior was driving the car that Mary was in when she died.

• Rowdy blamed Junior because Junior had left the reservation to go to school and this encouraged Mary to leave and follow her dream.

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How devastated were you when you found out Mary died?

• Super sad

• Devastated

• I cried.

• I threw my book in frustration.

• WHY DID MARY HAVE TO DIE??????

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