English honors final - Part Time questions (fake)

Why does Junior decide to attend Reardan High School?

He believes it offers better opportunities for his future.

Which theme is most strongly developed throughout the novel?

Identity and belonging

What does Junior's cartooning primarily represent?

His way of expressing himself and connecting with others

Junior (Arnold Spirit Jr.)

The narrator who transfer, loves KFC

Rowdy

Junior’s best friend from the reservation, like a snake

Mr. P

Junior’s teacher who encourages him to seek a better future, tells him to leave rez forever

Gordy

Junior’s intelligent friend at Reardan who helps him study, taught him how to study and read

Penelope

Junior’s girlfriend and classmate, dressed as a homeless person for Halloween

Mary

Junior’s sister who leaves the reservation and later dies in a fire, hid her love of romance novels

Wellpinit

Location of the “rez”

Agnes Adams

Would have been Spokane’s Teacher of the Year if dreams were met

Andruss Brothers

Have short hair (cut off braids) and no eye brows thanks to Rowdy

Mr. Spirit

Alcoholic who should have been a musician

Alexie

Author

Powow

Ceremony involving dancing, eating, and gambling

Roger

Junior punches him for being racist

Oscar

His death reminds Junior of his poverty

Hydrocephalus

Water on the brain

Eugene

Alcoholic who gave Junior a ride to school, Junior’s dad’s bsf who drives while drunk

Reardon

A rich, white, farm town

Mr. Dodge

Gives Junior a hard time in geology class

Grandma

Gives Junior advice about alpha males

Indian Health Services

Only gave half the Novocain

How many extra teeth did Junior have that made him “past human”

10

What was unfair about Indian Health Services?

All of the above

As a child, Junior suffered from all the following issues (a lisp, a stutter, seizures, poor eyesight, headaches) EXCEPT…

Brain tumor

To cope w/ his feelings, Junior:

Draws comics

The strongest bond between Junior + Rowdy is:

Comic books (reason he still has respect for Junior)

Mr. P visits Junior at home because

He wants to give Junior some hope

Mr. p reveals what about mary:

She was very smart and wanted to write romance novels

All EXCEPT ONE was a problem for Junior when transferring to Reardon

junior’s parents were not supportive

Junior punches Roger because

he had followed the rules of fighting (if someone offends family)

Mr. Dodge became angry with Junior bc

junior tried to explain the truth about petrified wood

when mary runs away to montana and gets married, junior realizes…

she is trying to live out her dream

on thanksgiving, junior knew rowdy missed him because…

rowdy did not tear up the cartoon.

Junior compares his father’s alcohol addiction to;

penelope

At reardon, junior lied about;

how poor he really was

which did NOT happen at the winter formal?

junior pays for rogers food

junior gets sick in the bathroom because

he had no money

when penelope discovered the truth about junior (his poverty) she;

cries

an epigraph is

a saying that starts a novel which suggests the theme of the story

junior felt he was two different people inside one body because

he feels conflicted about his race

rowdy likes all but

reardon

Mr. p feels guilt about;

hurting his indian students

junior is angry that his geo book belonged to…

his mother

Alexie always lived…

in wellpinit on the spokane indian reservation

sherman alexie, sr is best described as…

depressed and introverted

lillian alexie can best be described as

loved making quilts and spoke the tribal language

what is the best inference that can be made about alexie’s relationship with her brother

alexie, like many people in their tribe, admires Arnold’s good qualities

james is (forty knives)

known for having been a toddler so starved that he ate and drank everything in sight

when alexie says about james; “we didn’t ponder why a kid would come to us so very thirsty,” he is commenting that,

extreme hunger was so common on the rez that people barely noticed

what is a HUD house?

a low income home built by natives w/ U.S. gov funds

all except which is true of mary

she gave her baby to her mother to raise

alexie says he was born w/ hydrocephalus, this means…

being born w/ a brain defect and being prone to seizures

alexie states, “i think i inherited bipolar disorder from my mother” he thinks this bc…

both alexie and his mother experienced mania in the form of insomia and staying up all night

alexie says this is was his spirit animal

poverty

why would alexie draw attention to his potential memory issues?

because he wants his audience to believe he is a reliable narrator and we should trust him

How do many people on the reservation react when Junior transfers to Reardan?

They view him as a traitor.

What sport does Junior play?

Basketball

What does Junior learn by the end of the novel?

He belongs to multiple communities and identities.