Relationships
How are Sam and Patrick related?
They are step-brother and step-sister.
Who was Charlie's friend that committed suicide?
Michael
To stop drinking, to clear his head, he was having a hard time with his family
Why did Arnold leave the reservation?
The name of the bread that many Native Americans eat -- which is fried.
What is fry bread?
Junior's best friend (from the Indian Reservation) in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian, and who has very obvious positive and negative traits.
Who is Rowdy?
True or false?: Charlie has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, which harms his relationships with people.
What is true?
Thomas's parents.
Who dies in the fire set by Arnold?
To whom in his family did Charlie feel closest, or so he thought?
Who is Aunt Helen?
The name of the movie Charlie and his friends see every Friday night?
What is "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," a symbol of non-conformity.
Arnold saves this person in the fire.
Who is Thomas?
An observer who never stops noticing pain, a quiet person who buries or suppresses his or her own pain, and a flower that grows on the wall.
What is a Wallflower?
Alcoholism
What is the name of the disease that Arnold has?
What happened between Charlie and his Aunt Helen every Saturday when Charlie was little?
She molested him.
Charlie's favorite song?
What is the song "Asleep," by the Smiths, which symbolizes the way the protagonist feels.
He doesn't like people, he is mad at his dad, his dad just died.
Why does Victor seem to be so mad?
His grandma.
Who raised Thomas?
"I didn't mean to"
What Arnold says when he catches the baby who was thrown out of the window of the fire?
Patrick is in a secret relationship with this person.
Who is Brad, the school's quarterback?
He is checked into a mental hospital in part because of his revelation about his aunt.
What happens to Charlie near the end of the novel? The mental hospital symbolizes Charlie's true state of mind.
Throws a textbook as hard as he can at his face.
What does Junior do to his geometry teacher, Mr. P?
Why does Sam kiss Charlie?
Because she wants his first kiss to be with someone who loves him.
He was drunk and shooting off fireworks
How does Arnold set the fire in Smoke Signals?
His dad started it
What secret does Suzie tell Victor about the fire?
Basketball.
What type of ball symbolizes good memories for Victor about his dad?
Take off suit, be more stoic, loosen hair.
When Thomas asks Victor how Indians should act, what is Victor's response?