Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven Chapter 3: Because My Father Always Said

1. How did Victor’s father used to dress?

2. Why was Victor’s father arrested?

3. Why does his father like Jimi Hendrix?

4. Why does Victor’s father say all Indians are born soldiers?

5. Where were Victor’s parents the first time they danced? What song did they dance to?

6. Why did they lay on the ground next to Jimi Hendrix’ grave?

7. What were the consequences of Victor’s father’s accident?

8. What did Victor dream about his father?

9. How old as Jimi Hendrix when he died? How did he die?

10. Why does the mom talk to her son about her sex life?

11. Why was Victor’s father beating up the National Guard?

12. What war did Victor’s father fight in? His grandfather?

13. What was the name of the Jimi Hendrix song Victor’s father liked?

14. What is the moral of this chapter? What is the mood?

15. Why did Victor’s father leave the reservation?

16. When was Victor’s father used as an example? Why?

17. Why does the son seem surprised when he says, “Somehow avoided rape”?

18. Why doesn’t Victor’s father talk much when he is sober?

19. What is a powwow?

20. Why did Victor’s father tell him to stick with four wheels?

21. Who is the speaker of the story, and what person is the story being told in?

22. What does Victor say that makes his father think he feels sorry for himself?

23. Why did Victor’s mother sing Indian tunes to his father if she didn’t want to be married anymore?

24. Why does the narrator depict all Native Americans as drunks?

25. Why did the photographer who took Victor’s father’s picture win a Pulitzer Prize?

26. Why did Victor’s father’s imagine his mother as more beautiful as their relationship grew more hostile?

27. Why does the narrator say Jimi Hendrix and his father were drinking buddies?

28. What did his mother mean when she said his father was half crazy and half on medication?