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There There Quiz 1

1 What does the Prologue say about the origins of the Thanksgiving holiday?
The meal we commemorate was actually a land-deal meal, not a meal of thanksgiving.

It took place in 1776.

Two hundred Indians were poisoned from the original Thanksgiving meal.

No Indians were actually there.
2 How does Tony Loneman find out he has fetal alcohol syndrome?
His friend Mario tells him when they are teenagers.

His mom tells him and apologizes for drinking.

Maxine tells him when he is six after he beats up his friend for making fun of him about it.

He looks it up on the Internet after wondering about it for years.
3 How does Tony feel about the Drome?
He thinks it is his power and his curse.

He thinks he is stupid because of it.

He doesn't care about it or notice it.

He likes how his face looks.
4 Why does Tony like the rapper MF Doom?
Because he wears a mask.

Because he identifies with him.

Because of his line, "Got more soul than a sock with a hole."

Because they are both Native.
5 What kind of gun does Octavio show Tony?
A stolen gun.

A plastic gun from Walmart.

Tony's own gun.

A 3D-printed gun.
6 How does Octavio want Tony to hide the bullets as part of their scheme?
Ask a friend to smuggle them in for him.

Put them in his pockets.

Put them in a sock and throw them into the bushes.

Scatter them in the bushes the night before.
7 Where did Dene first think up his graffiti tag, 'Lens'?
In an argument with his mother, Norma.

While hanging out with his uncle Lucas.

On the bus coming home from school.

While on the way to the interview for a cultural grant for his film project.
8 Why does Rob say he and his friends are moving to West Oakland?
Because it's safer than East Oakland.

Because his parents lived there.

Because it is "dirt cheap."

Because it is where Gertrude Stein grew up.
9 Why does Dene identify with what Gertrude Stein has to say about Oakland?
Because he grew up in the same neighborhood as Gertrude Stein.

Because Gertrude Stein is Native.

Because he has always been a big Gertrude Stein fan.

Because he draws a connection between her experience of Oakland and the Native experience across the Americas.
10 What is the Native panelist's critique of Dene's project?
He doesn't believe in paying people for their stories.

He doesn't think Dene is Native and so questions why he is doing this project.

He worries Dene has no real vision for the project.

He thinks stories are unimportant.
11 When was the first time Dene held the video camera?
When his uncle Lucas visits for the first time.

At the grant interview.

When he graduated from high school.

When his mom told him that his uncle Lucas had died.
12 Where does Opal and Jacquie's mom take them after they are evicted from the yellow house in Oakland?
To a different house in Oakland.

To Opal's father's house.

To their uncle Ronald's house.

To the Indian uprising on Alcatraz Island.
13 How did Opal and Jacquie's mom try to cure her cancer?
She found treatment on Alcatraz.

She didn't do anything to treat it.

With Western medicine.

By going to sweat ceremonies with Ronald, a medicine man.
14 How does Edwin find out his tribal identity?
When he finds his father on Facebook.

By doing a genealogy test.

When he meets his father at his new job at the Indian Center.

By asking his mother.
15 Why does Edwin like the group of DJs called A Tribe Called Red?
Because they motivate him to lose weight.

Because they produce contemporary-sounding Indigenous music and aren't stuck in the past.

Because his father told him about them.

Because he feels connected to his identity when he listens to them.
16 Why does Bill disapprove of Edwin?
Because he sees Edwin as competition for his job.

Because Edwin is a reminder of Karen's ex.

Because he thinks Edwin is too coddled.

Because he is contemptuous of Edwin's weight.
17 What was Bill's experience in jail like?
He became a drug addict.

He educated himself by reading all kinds of books.

He became very depressed.

He met Karen there.
18 How does Calvin feel about his sister Maggie?
He blames her for his bad luck.

He misses the way they were close when they were kids.

He both loves and hates the way she has her life together.

He is jealous that Maggie has a child.
19 Why does Jacquie attend the "Keeping Them from Harm" conference in Pheonix?
Because she knew Harvey would be there.

Because she felt guilty about her daughter's suicide.

Because she thought it would be good distraction while she tried to stay sober.

Because a grant for her position as a substance abuse counselor required it of her.
20 How does Jacquie stay in touch with her grandsons?
Opal sends her emails with photos; she doesn't speak to them.

She doesn't even know what they look like.

She visits them in Oakland.

She talks to them on the phone every once and a while.
21 How many days has Jacquie been sober when she attends the conference?
One day.

Fifty days.

Eleven days.

Three hundred days.
22 How does Jacquie know the man running the AA meeting she attends at the conference?
He is her ex-husband.

He was her rapist when they were teenagers on Alcatraz.

He is Opal's ex-lover.

She recognizes him from a past AA meeting.
23 What does Harvey offer Jacquie?
A ride back to Oakland.

A lift to the next AA meeting.

A drink.

Money to compensate for adoption expenses.
24 What does Jacquie eventually do with the alcohol bottles in the minifridge?
She takes them with her on her way back to Oakland.

She throws them in the hotel pool.

She gives them to Harvey.

She smashes them in her room.
25 How did Orvil come into possession of his regalia?
Opal gave it to him as a Christmas present.

He ordered it online.

He found it on the side of the ride?

He was searching for Christmas presents in Opal's closet.

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