The medical condition that arose at Alexie's birth.
What is hydrocephalus (water on the brain)
100
The 2002 debut of Alexie's directorial career.
What is "The Business of Fancy-Dancing"?
100
Stereotypical type that Thomas Builds-the-Fire exemplifies.
What is Shamanism?
100
"This is simple: two steps with your left foot forward,
one step with your right foot back, all to the beat of a drum"
What is Owl Dance with Fred Astaire?
100
The major event that occurred just before the release of "Flight".
What is the Virginia Tech Shooting.
200
The Native culture with which Alexie most identified.
What is Spokane?
200
The basis of the movie "Smoke Signals"; a collection of short stories.
What is "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven"?
200
Victor's father deals with this issue in "Smoke Signals"; it is central to much of Alexie's work
What is Alcoholism?
200
" A man says if I am going to love somebody then she must love me first"
What is "The Museum of Tolerance"?
200
The national holiday celebrated near the announcement of Arizona's banned book list
What is Martin Luther King Jr's birthday
300
The reason Alexie gave up on medical school and turned to writing.
What are fainting spells?
300
Sherman Alexie's first book in the Young Adult genre.
What is "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part- Time Indian"
300
The lack of basic necessities often faced by the Native American community.
What is poverty?
300
"There is something about the color of the flames that can reveal what chemicals fuel the fire"
What is "Fire is a Verb and Noun"?
300
This, according to Gloria Bird, is a main criticism of Alexie's work.
What is the use of too many stereotypical "Indian" types.
400
Alexie dealt with this issue personally until the age of 23
What is Alcoholism?
400
Victor and Zits both dealt with this emotion through the movie "Smoke Signals" and the novel "Flight".
What is Anger?
400
The oddity of a traditional Owl Dance.
What is the woman asks the man to dance. He is not supposed to refuse. However, if he does refuse, he must pay the woman whatever she wants and then tell the entire crowd at the powwow exactly why he refused.
400
The "dilemma" of native writers, according to Gloria Bird
What is "To accurately present our community without exploiting it".
500
The translation of "Spokane".
What is "Children of the Sun"
500
On January 17,2011 Alexie took to twitter and tweeted "With all bans on ethic studies, Arizona is now practicing American Apartheid" pertaining to this.
What is the ban on his books in the Arizona school district?
500
The main 5 issues that appear in Sherman Alexie's works
What are alcoholism, poverty, despair, self- worth, and what it means to be an Indian.
500
"There is a grave on the Spokane Indian Reservation
where my sister is buried. I can take you there".
What is "Fire as a Verb and a Noun"
500
According to Alexie, Arizona's book ban is an American form of this institution.