Indian Humor | Give You Back | The Game Between Jews and Indians | The Big Snow and Flood Rampage | Authors |
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Their humor/ knowing how to make them laugh
What is the best way to understand someone in the opinion of Indians?
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fear
What is being given back?
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Jews/The Holocaust
What is Alexie comparing Indian suffering to?
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1892-1893
What years did this story take place in?
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Sherman Alexie
Who wrote The Game?
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Custer
Who were the majority of the jokes in the text based on?
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Joy Harjo
Who is the author of this poem?
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Sand Creek, Wounded Knee
Name the two Indian battles mentioned in the poem.
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the Columbia River
What river flooded?
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Mourning Dove or Humishuma
What was Christine Quintasket's Native name?
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an Arrow shirt (haha)
What kind of shirt was Custer wearing when he died?
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eyes, ears, voice, belly, or heart
Name a place where Harjo does not allow fear to live in her body.
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they are both survivors
What do the Jews and Indians remind each other of?
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They died of starvation
What happened to the family's horses in the story?
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Creek Indians
What Native American tribe are Joy Harjo's ancestors from?
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teasing
What do Indians use to control social situations?
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human heartbeat
What was saying "my heart" four times supposed to represent?
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visiting the concentration camp Dachau
What changed Alexie's perspective on the Holocaust?
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sunflower shoots, mussels, groundhogs, or squirrels
Name one of the "famine foods" that the family had to eat.
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her mom died, she was a laborer, she had to finish learning English
Name a struggle that Christine Quintasket had to go through in her career.
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laughter
What encompassed the limits of someones soul?
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getting over fear is a method to survival
How does this poem relate to survival?
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Indians and Jews have been through similar struggles
How does the title of the poem relate to the poem itself?
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"Nellie"
Who did the mother work for in exchange for food and clothing?
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Vine Deloria Jr.
Who taught law and political science at the University of Arizona?
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