1. What does the following conversation between the narrator of "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fightfight in Heaven" and the policeman demonstrate: "You don't fit the profile of the neighborhood."  "I wanted to tell him that I didn't fit the profile of the country."  Why does the narrator not fit the profile of the neighborhood?

2. When the narrator of "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fightfight in Heaven" tells his mother that he doesn't know what to do with the rest of his life, he says that answer wouldbe fine for most Indians but not for him.  What kind of socialcapital do most Indians lack?  What kind of social capital does the narrator have?  Why prevents the narrator from making the most of the social capital he does have?

3. When the children in "The Lesson" visit F.A.O. Schwartz the narrator says she is ashamed to walk into the story.  Why is she ashamed?

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