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Characters
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Conflicts
Themes
Poetry
100
This was the name of the prettiest girl Junior had ever seen.
Who is Penelope?
100
Junior made the Reardan varsity team in this sport.
What is basketball?
100
Throughout the book, Junior tries to heal a rocky friendship with this person.
Who is Rowdy?
100
Junior leaving the reservation best supports which of the three themes we discussed in class?
What is individual vs. community?
100
What kind of imagery does Joy Harjo use in "Remember"?
What is nature imagery?
200
STEAL!!!
Who was Oscar?
200
Junior fell into a storm of depression when these two events happened.
What is the deaths of his grandmother and Eugene
200
Two of the societal conflicts faced by Junior in the book.
What is racism and poverty?
200
Junior's observations about the white students' wealth best supports which of the three themes we discussed in class?
What is the effects of race upon the individual?
200
Throughout the poem "Remember," Joy Harjo suggests that nature is...
What is one with or unified with people
300
Though the reader knows the protagonist as Junior, on his birth certificate, this is his full name.
What is Arnold Spirit?
300
This causes Junior to realize that he needs to leave the reservation.
What is seeing his mother's maiden name in his math textbook?
300
STEAL!!!
Why does Junior draw?
300
Junior's nickname of "apple" best supports which of the three themes we discussed in class.
What is individual vs. the community
300
What does Sherman Alexie try to undermine in his poem, "My Heroes Were Never Cowboys"
What is stereotypes?
400
This character taught Junior to be tolerant.
Who is Grandma?
400
After Turtle Lake caught fire, this creature washed up on shore.
What is Stupid Horse?
400
During Junior's first basketball game against Wellpinit, this was the Wellpinit fans' reaction to him when he walked on the court.
What is they turned their backs on him?
400
Penelope's struggles with Bulimia best support which of the three themes we discussed in class?
What is privilege vs. poverty
400
Alexie refers to Christopher Columbus as this in his poem.
What is crazy mixed-blood?
500
This character told Junior about how he met the love of his life when she helped him get a drink of water?
Who is Junior's father?
500
Arnold receives a somewhat disappointing Christmas gift from his father in this chapter.
What is And a Partridge in a Pear Tree?
500
Rowdy tries to punch Junior in the face because he believes this.
What is Mary died because of Junior?
500
The Reardan mascot best supports which of the three themes we discussed in class?
What is the effects of race upon the individual?
500
STEAL!!!!!
Alexie refers to mental slavery in the final stanza of his poem with this phrase.