Arnold Facts
What is Arnold's middle name?
Junior
What does Rowdy do when he realizes Arnold is moving schools?
He beats him up
What are the Indian celebrations called?
Powwows
What is the name of Arnold's new, weird friend in Rearden?
Gordy
What is culture?
the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.
What is the name of Arnold's best friend?
Rowdy
What did Penelope find out about Arnold during Winter Formal?
That he was poor
What is the tribe that occupies Arnold's Rez?
The Spokane Tribe
Which racist character at the start of the book ends up changing for the better?
Roger
What is cultural assimilation?
the process where individuals or groups adopt the customs, values, and beliefs of a new or dominant culture, often leading to a loss of their original culture.
What artistic hobby does Arnold enjoy?
He loves to draw comics
What happens when Arnold first gets to the Wellpinit Highschool for his basketball game?
Everyone turns their back to him
What about the Rez's school causes Arnold to throw a book at Mr. P?
He found out he was using the same textbook as his mom.
How far is Rearden from the Rez?
22 miles
What was the quote that was used to justify the forced indoctrination of native American children in American boarding schools?
Kill the Indian, save the man.
What job does he imagine his parents to have if they had the freedom to chase their dreams?
His mom would be a community college professor and his dad would be a musician.
What does Arnold's dad give him for Christmas?
5 dinero
What is the town that Arnold grew up in called?
Wellpinit
Penelope suffers from body dysmorphia which takes the form of _____.
Bulimia
What is the Dawes Act?
The policy focused specifically on breaking up reservations and tribal lands by granting land allotments to individual Native Americans and encouraging them to take up agriculture.
What main medical problem does Arnold suffer from?
Hydrocephalus (water on brain)
Penelope and Arnold discuss their dreams. What is Penelopes "realistic" dream?
She wants to go to Stanford and study architecture.
What State is the Rez in?
Washington
What compels Arnold to leave the Rez and go to Rearden?
Arnold recognizes that life on the reservation is filled with poverty, alcoholism, and limited opportunities. When he gets a textbook that once belonged to his mother, he realizes how little changes there, and how little the world expects from Native kids.
What is the benefit of forced assimilation of a minority culture? Why do majority cultures in countries try so hard to assimilate different cultures or simply expel them?
The dominant culture benefits from forced assimilation by not having their own culture affected by outside influences, and by receiving more people into the labor force.
Strengthens homogeneity national identity, allowing for a government to better control the population. The government is always fighting to see which aspects of culture are reflected in society.