The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Why did Junior want to go to Reardan?

• He's obsessed with white people.

• He wants to be white.

• It's a better school and has better resources.

• He wants to be close to Penelope.

After Junior hit him in the face with a text book, Mr. P told him that all other Indians should be hit in the face with text books. Every other Indian BUT Junior. Why?

• He wanted Junior to go to jail for assaulting him which is worse.

• He knows that all Indians are drunks and believes they should be punished and forced to stop drinking.

• He is racist and hates Indians.

• He knows that Junior threw that book because he was angry and anger meant he still had hope. No one else had hope.

Which of these quotes supports the theme that people can be lots of different things, both good and bad, even when those things may seem to be opposites?

• Roger, being of kind heart and generous pocket, a little bit racist, drove me home that night.

• That's one more thing people don't know about Indians: we love to talk dirty.

• My grandmother's greatest gift was tolerance.

• I love your songs, your dances, and your souls.

The fact that Junior's grandmother died because of alcohol even though she'd never drank in her life is an example of what?

• Alliteration

• Irony

• Allusion

• Foreshadowing

"We were David who'd thrown a stone into the brain of Goliath!" is an example of what literary term?

• Onomotapeia

• Monologue

• Allusion

• Personification

Arnold says that the greatest thing about his grandmother is that she is tolerant. Tolerant is one of our vocab words. What does it mean to be tolerant?

• That you try to get everyone to believe what you believe so everyone can be right like you.

• That you accept everyone and anyone regardless of their beliefs, color, ethnicity, or if they are "weird".

• That you can drink a lot of alcohol and can still drive a car without wrecking.

• That you only accept people who believe what you believe and act and look just like you.

What is the one thing that Arnold's grandmother, sister, and Eugene all have in common?

• They all pick on Arnold.

• They all left the reservation.

• They all died because of alcohol.

• They all went to college.

Why does the whole tribe, but especially Rowdy, turn against Junior? Choose the BEST answer.

• He went to Reardan which is his school's biggest rival.

• They feel he betrayed his own people by leaving the rez to go to a white school.

• He wants to be white and they believe he should love being Indian.

• He has a white girlfriend and they believe you should only date people with the same culture as you.

We have talked about cycles in class and how they are passed down generation to generation and hard to break. What cycles was Junior trying to break by going to Reardan? Choose the BEST answer.

• alcoholism, drug addiction, and racism

• depression, hopelessness, violence, racism

• alcoholism, gambling, poverty, and violence

• he wanted to go to college but no one in his family had ever gone to college

What did Junior hope when his dad dropped him off for his first day at Reardan?

• That he wouldn't fit in. with all the other white kids at the school.

• That his dad would not stop at a bar and get too drunk to remember to pick him up.

• That someone would find out that his name is Arnold.

• That he wouldn't be as smart as all the white kids who are going to college.