Location
Where does most of the story take place?
The Spokane Indian Reservation
Simon
What instrument does Victor play?
Piano
What does Jimmy get diagnosed with?
Cancer
What job is Samuel Builds-The-Fire fired from?
He's a maid at a motel.
What did Norma do before coming back to Jimmy after leaving him because of his cancer?
Had an affair
The narrator recalls eating what food as a kid, because his family couldn't afford anything else?
Potatoes
What is Samuel often seen drinking?
Diet Pepsi
What does Victor attend to help with his alcohol addiction?
Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.)
What store did the narrator work at in the chapter "Imagining the Reservation"?
7-11
When Victor catches James from the second story window, what does he compare James's head to?
A dented beer can.
How does Samuel Builds-The-Fire die? What is important about the day he dies?
He is hit by a train & it is his birthday.
What is the name of the nearby lake that Victor visits on multiple occasions in the book?
Benjamin Lake
What's the name of Moses' nephew in the "good" story?
Arnold
What makes Norma leave her husband?
He makes jokes about dying from terminal cancer.
What is the approximate size of Jimmy's favorite tumor?
A baseball
Where does Victor take James when he is concerned about James' slow development?
The Indian Clinic
What's the name of James' birth mother?
Rosemary MorningDove
What made Samuel Builds-the-Fire want to come to work early (the day he got fired)?
His birthday
"_________ is the best weapon on the reservation."
Imagination