True Diary

What does Rowdy do when he finds out Junior is transferring to Reardan?

• He hugs Junior

• He runs away.

• He gives Junior a $5 bill.

• He punches Junior.

In Chapter 27, what horrible news did Miss Warren break to Junior at school?

• He could no longer play on the school basketball team.

• His father had been in a car accident.

• His sister, Mary, died.

What realization did Junior have in Chapter 29?

• He never wanted to speak to Rowdy again.

• He would be okay and we was not alone in his loneliness.

• He would live on the reservation for the rest of his life.

Why did Junior blame himself for Mary's death?

• When Junior left the reservation to go to Reardan, Mary found the courage to leave the reservation, too.

• Junior was accidentally started the fire in Mary's trailer.

• Junior introduced Mary to the man who would become her husband and take her to Montana.

Based on what you have read so far, what arguments do you think Alexie is making about race, poverty, and the treatment of Native Americans?

In the middle of page 13, Junior says “It’s an ugly circle and there’s nothing you can do about it.” Why does Junior feel so hopeless?

Writers construct an ethos, the person that they want their readers to imagine is making the argument. What is the ethos that Alexie has constructed through the character of Junior? What does he want us to believe about him?

Why does Junior say that the people at Reardan assume the Indians from the reservation have plenty of money?

• Because they have their own school.

• Because they drive nice cars.

• Because they have Pow-Wows and wear fancy clothes.

• Because they have a casino.

Whose suit does Junior wear to the Winter Formal?

• Gordy's.

• His father's.

• Roger's.

• Rowdy's.

Which statement best describes Arnold’s relationship with Penelope?

• It is true love where they both have strong romantic feelings for each other.

• Arnold is using her to further separate himself from life on the reservation.

• Penelope is using him to anger her father and shock her friends at Reardan.

• They’re both using one another and it’s more a friendship than anything else.