Part-Time Indian Chapters 1-5 Quiz

What does 'Spokane' mean?

• Children of the Corn

• Children of the Sun

• Fighters of the West

• Children of the Dark Moon

Where is the Spokane Reservation located?

• Chicago, Illinois

• Tucson, Arizona

• Bellgrade, Montana

• Wellpinit, Washington

Which of the following is a factor that makes it difficult for Native Americans to move beyond their poverty?

• A lack of opportunities

• Alcoholism

• Unemployment

• All of the above

What point of view is 'Part-Time Indian' told from?

• Third person omniscient

• Third person limited

• Second person

• First person

What chronic condition does Junior suffer from?

• A brain tumor

• High blood pressure

• Hydrocephalus

• Diabetes

How is Junior a member of 'the Black-Eye-of-the-Month Club'?

• Junior gets beat up at least once a month on the rez for having water on the brain, wearing glasses, seizing, lisping and stuttering.

• Junior's best friend, Rowdy, beats him up when he gets angry

• Junior gets abused by his father at him and goes to school at least once a month with a black eye

• All of the above

Considering Junior's dad has to kill the family dog because they could not afford the vet bill, what does Oscar's death represent for Junior?

• It represents the ambivalence of human nature.

• It represents the powerlessness of poverty.

• It represents the cruelty of the people around him.

• It represents the futility of loving other creatures.

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

• Junior's yearning for knowledge

• The quality of education at the reservation

• The poverty of the Spokane tribe

• Mr. P's desire to teach his students

What type of figurative language is being used in the passage:

'I was skinny. I'd turn sideways and disappear. But my hands and feet were huge. My feet were a size eleven in third grade! With my big feet and pencil body, I looked like a capital L walking down the road. My head was so big that little Indian skulls orbited around it. Some of the kids called me Orbit.

• Both A and C

• Hyperbole

• Personification

• Simile

What does the figurative statement in the passage below reveal about Junior's relationship with his parents? '. . .my mother and father are the twin suns around which I orbit and my world will EXPLODE without them.'

• Junior isn't allowed to do anything without his parents' permission

• Junior's parents are the center of his world and he loves them very much

• Junior wishes he wasn't so dependent on his parents.

• Junior's parents often make him extremely angry.