Names
What is Junior’s tribe’s name?
Spokane
Junior is ashamed that he so often expresses his emotion through this method, but he can’t help it.
crying
Rowdy and Junior were best friends for years. What event caused Rowdy to hate Junior?
Junior transferred to Reardan.
During the winter formal, what was Junior’s biggest fear?
Penelope would discover that he is poor.
What does Junior theorize to be the biggest difference between Indians and white people?
the number of funerals they attend
What is Junior’s’ sister’s name?
Mary
Give two ways that Junior copes with grief.
drawing cartoons, making lists, laughing
Junior gains a tremendous amount of respect from the students at Rearden after what event?
Junior punched Roger.
When Junior and Rowdy finally make peace, in the last chapter of the book, what does Rowdy respectfully call Junior?
Nomad
Junior notes that, after a loved one dies, all of your cousins come over to your house and ____________________.
eat all of your food
Who stiches up Junior face, during the first game between Wellpinit and Reardan?
Eugene
What does Junior decide that he will never do, because it causes so much tragedy for his people?
drink alcohol
Junior suffered brain damage from having too much cerebral spinal fluid in his skull. How does he describe this condition?
water on the brain
Why does Junior believe that Penelope is willing to date him?
to rebel against her father or to try something new or improper
How many miles away from Junior's home was Reardan?
22 miles
What fellow student, at Rearden, shares with Junior a love for knowledge and reading?
Gordy
What unhealthy condition does Junior’s girlfriend suffer from?
Bulimia
Why did Junior become so upset in Mr. P.’s geometry class?
Junior states that his grandmother was best known for this.
tolerance
Why did Junior feel bad after his basketball team beat the reservation basketball team, in the rematch?
The reservation players lived in poverty, broken homes, and hopelessness.
List of all of the characters who die in the book (only people that Junior knows).
Grandmother Spirit, Eugene, Mary
Junior believes that this is the worst thing that a parent can do to their children.
ignore them
When Mary ran away to Montana, to marry an Indian she met at the casino, what was it that made the man so attractive to her?
He was the kind of guy who bet all of the money he had.
Why does Junior say that many in his tribe call him an apple?
Many in his tribe consider him red (Indian) on the outside and white on the inside.
Junior only ever heard Rowdy describe something as being pretty one time. What was the occasion?
Looking out at the reservation, from the top of a Ponderosa pine.