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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gordie sees another example of the universe's contempt for him when:
(a) He can not find the key to open the trunk of his car.
(b) He is almost hit by an oncoming car.
(c) He hits a deer who has a new fawn.
(d) He begins shaking.

2. What final image connects Gordie to June's death?
(a) Gordie's remorse is ironic because he was abusive to June.
(b) Gordie runs into the woods where he and June used to play as kids.
(c) He ends up in the open fields crying, and she died in an open field.
(d) He ends up crying and she died happily.

3. A symbol of Dot's overwhelming love might be:
(a) Her high, square-shaped belly.
(b) The pile of bones Gerry left in her yard.
(c) Her diligent production of milk for the baby.
(d) Her grown-out orange hairdo.

4. Grandma Kashpaw shows Lipsha the hiding place for her money because:
(a) She thinks he needs money to buy his way out of the army.
(b) She is afraid the money will be stolen.
(c) She is indirectly offering him the money.
(d) She wants him to help her protect the money.

5. Lulu believes she cannot cry because:
(a) She doesn't actually love anyone other than herself.
(b) She used up all of her tears crying as a child.
(c) She has been afraid to cry since she was a child.
(d) She doesn't understand why anyone cries.

6. Albertine is in Fargo because:
(a) She is looking for Henry Lamartine.
(b) She wants to see the city.
(c) She is on her way to college.
(d) She is running away from home.

7. Three motifs that appear in the chapter are:
(a) Money, water, and blood.
(b) Water, brotherhood, and girls.
(c) The weather, darkness, and water.
(d) The weather, darkness, and cars.

8. The red convertible works as a symbol of:
(a) love and romance.
(b) blood and violence.
(c) youth and passion.
(d) anger and revenge.

9. Lipsha regrets signing up for the army because:
(a) He doesn't want to be like King.
(b) He wants to meet his father.
(c) He wants to go back to the reservation.
(d) He doesn't want to be like the old veterans that get drunk in the hotel.

10. For what is Lipsha tired of thanking his grandmother?
(a) Leaving Lulu Lamartine alone.
(b) Giving Nector a second chance.
(c) Giving him the touch.
(d) Saving him from his mother.

11. Lyman Lamartine considers himself lucky because:
(a) His ability to make money extends to his relatives and friends.
(b) He does not need money to survive.
(c) He never has to work very hard.
(d) He has always been able to make money easily.

12. When Howard allows the police into the apartment, who does he believe they are there to arrest?
(a) Gerry Nanapush.
(b) His mother, Lynette.
(c) His father, King.
(d) Lipsha Morrisey.

13. Dot's most outstanding characteristic is:
(a) She hates pissants.
(b) She never gets angry.
(c) She is direct.
(d) She is an escaped convict.

14. Lipsha believes Nector is having a "second childhood" because:
(a) Nector has simply slipped into old age.
(b) Nector has chosen to retreat inside himself in order to think.
(c) Nector just wants to think and act like a child.
(d) Nector wants to pretend he doesn't understand the adult world anymore.

15. To drown out the sight and sound of June's ghost, what does Gordie do?
(a) Goes back to Uncle Eli's house.
(b) Drinks as much as he can as fast as he can.
(c) Sits in his car with the radio on.
(d) Turns on all the lights and appliances.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Lulu sees Nector at the Senior Citizens Center she says he is more like himself than ever before because:

2. Marie admits that Lipsha was always her favorite after:

3. When Albertine suggests that for Gerry "it was perhaps the very first time in his life he had something to run for," the 'something' she refers to is:

4. When Gordie tells Eli "I'm contaminated," what does he mean?

5. Albertine spends a great deal of time in the bathroom because:

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