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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. About whom does Karl fantasize in chapter 3?

2. What color dress do Sita and Mary wear on the first day of school?

3. What city is the setting of the beginning of chapter 6?

4. What word sticks in Sita's brain during the ordination ceremony?

5. What does Adelaide buy for Karl in chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Karl fantasize about his mother in chapter 3? Why?

2. Describe Wallace Pfef's vision for the sugar beet, as described in chapter 6?

3. Why does Karl make a note of the change on the table in chapter 6 when he and Wallace Pfef are having drinks?

4. In chapter 5, why does Catherine Miller write to Sita? How does Sita respond?

5. Describe Celestine's appearance, as related in chapter 2.

6. Why does Adelaide run to the airplane in chapter 1? How does this decision affect the children?

7. Describe the appearance of the pawn shop and the objects Sita buys there in chapter 5.

8. Describe Argus, as pictured in "The Branch."

9. How does Karl act when he meets Jude Miller? Why?

10. Describe Sita's experience in Minneapolis in chapter 5.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Mrs. Waldvogel in as much detail as possible and discuss her importance in Sita's life.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Erdrich's use of dialogue in the scene in which Karl and Wallace Pfef meet.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Erdrich's sense of plot and narration in the following two scenes: when Mary has her accident in the ice and when Russell Kashpaw lights his menu on fire.

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