The absolutely True Diary of a part time
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Why is Junior a member of 'the Black-Eye-of-the-Month
Club'? - correct answers✅Junior is constantly being
beaten up by other Indians on the rez, so he often has a
black eye.
Why does Junior draw cartoons? What do the first two
cartoons depict? What does this tell us about Junior? -
correct answers✅He draws because words are too
unpredictable and too limited. Drawings are universal -
everybody can understand it.He wants to talk to the
world and have the world pay attention to him.He wants
to be a rich and famous artist - the only way, he says, to
be rich and famous.
Describe the style of writing in the first chapter. - correct
answers✅Informal, chatty, reflective, humorous,
resigned
What does Junior identify as the worst thing about being
poor? - correct answers✅One might think being hungry
is the worst thing, but Junior tells how his dog Oscar got
sick and needed to go to the vet. Because the family had
no money, the dad shot the dog because it was so sick.
Arnold says, "And hey, in a weird way, being hungry
makes food taste better" (Alexie 8). What does this
statement show us about Junior? - correct
,The absolutely True Diary of a part time
Indian Study Guide Answers 2024
answers✅Junior is a fairly optimistic, resigned young
man - finds humor or positivity in his situation.
What happens to Oscar? What does this illustrate to the
reader? - correct answers✅Oscar got sick, and Junior
didn't have the money to take him to the vet. Junior's
father shot him. Illustrates how poor the family is and
also how there is a matter-of-factness to their existence.
What needs to be done is zdone.
How is poverty a cycle for Junior's family? - correct
answers✅Everyone in his family has always been poor,
his parents, his grandparents, etc. Junior says his parents
come from poor people who came from poor people all
the way back to the very first poor people.
Use five adjectives to describe Junior's personality so far. -
correct answers✅• Reflective
• Resigned
• Positive - optimistic
• Humorous
• Insightful
• Insecure
• Powerless
• Respectful
, The absolutely True Diary of a part time
Indian Study Guide Answers 2024
Describe Rowdy and Junior's relationship. What do they
do for each other? - correct answers✅Rowdy and Junior
are best friends. Rowdy protects Junior - has since he was
born; Junior draws
What is the Spokane Powwow? - correct answers✅A
celebration of Indian heritage - dancing, eating, games
What does Rowdy do to the Andruss brothers? Why? What
does this demonstrate about his friendship with Junior? -
correct answers✅After they beat up Junior, they get
drunk and pass out... Rowdy shaves off their eyebrows
and cuts off their braids, probably the worst thing that
can be done to an Indian
Describe Mr. P. - correct answers✅He is skinny, old,
lazy; a "weird old coot," non-demanding; shows up for
class, wearing pajamas, lonely old man
Why is Junior so cynical about white teachers? - correct
answers✅Calls them "liberal, white vegetarian do-
gooders and conservative, white missionary saviors
What angers Junior about his geometry book? - correct
answers✅The geometry book was used by his mother
Indian Study Guide Answers 2024
Why is Junior a member of 'the Black-Eye-of-the-Month
Club'? - correct answers✅Junior is constantly being
beaten up by other Indians on the rez, so he often has a
black eye.
Why does Junior draw cartoons? What do the first two
cartoons depict? What does this tell us about Junior? -
correct answers✅He draws because words are too
unpredictable and too limited. Drawings are universal -
everybody can understand it.He wants to talk to the
world and have the world pay attention to him.He wants
to be a rich and famous artist - the only way, he says, to
be rich and famous.
Describe the style of writing in the first chapter. - correct
answers✅Informal, chatty, reflective, humorous,
resigned
What does Junior identify as the worst thing about being
poor? - correct answers✅One might think being hungry
is the worst thing, but Junior tells how his dog Oscar got
sick and needed to go to the vet. Because the family had
no money, the dad shot the dog because it was so sick.
Arnold says, "And hey, in a weird way, being hungry
makes food taste better" (Alexie 8). What does this
statement show us about Junior? - correct
,The absolutely True Diary of a part time
Indian Study Guide Answers 2024
answers✅Junior is a fairly optimistic, resigned young
man - finds humor or positivity in his situation.
What happens to Oscar? What does this illustrate to the
reader? - correct answers✅Oscar got sick, and Junior
didn't have the money to take him to the vet. Junior's
father shot him. Illustrates how poor the family is and
also how there is a matter-of-factness to their existence.
What needs to be done is zdone.
How is poverty a cycle for Junior's family? - correct
answers✅Everyone in his family has always been poor,
his parents, his grandparents, etc. Junior says his parents
come from poor people who came from poor people all
the way back to the very first poor people.
Use five adjectives to describe Junior's personality so far. -
correct answers✅• Reflective
• Resigned
• Positive - optimistic
• Humorous
• Insightful
• Insecure
• Powerless
• Respectful
, The absolutely True Diary of a part time
Indian Study Guide Answers 2024
Describe Rowdy and Junior's relationship. What do they
do for each other? - correct answers✅Rowdy and Junior
are best friends. Rowdy protects Junior - has since he was
born; Junior draws
What is the Spokane Powwow? - correct answers✅A
celebration of Indian heritage - dancing, eating, games
What does Rowdy do to the Andruss brothers? Why? What
does this demonstrate about his friendship with Junior? -
correct answers✅After they beat up Junior, they get
drunk and pass out... Rowdy shaves off their eyebrows
and cuts off their braids, probably the worst thing that
can be done to an Indian
Describe Mr. P. - correct answers✅He is skinny, old,
lazy; a "weird old coot," non-demanding; shows up for
class, wearing pajamas, lonely old man
Why is Junior so cynical about white teachers? - correct
answers✅Calls them "liberal, white vegetarian do-
gooders and conservative, white missionary saviors
What angers Junior about his geometry book? - correct
answers✅The geometry book was used by his mother
