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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. Who is Annie's favorite bar band?

2. What does Pelajia bang on the table to get everyone's attention?

3. Where does Veronique indicate that Marie-Adele is going where she can't take care of her kids?

4. What does Pelajia say there will be more of as a result of better roads on the reserve?

5. What does Emily say is the source of her injury?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between the women and Nanabush in Act 2, Scene 6 when the women stop to change their van's flat tire?

2. What is the women's reaction to the news about the biggest bingo game? What does Emily Dictionary specifically want to do if she wins?

3. When Annie visits Marie-Adele's house, where Veronique is now looking after Marie-Adele's family, what does she want and why?

4. What semi-serious plan do the three women: Pelajia, Philomena, and Annie, hatch while they are talking about bingo and prizes?

5. What is happening between Emily and Zhaboonigan in Act 2, Scene 8? What kind of relationship do these two characters seem to emulate?

6. Why does Pelajia give her hammer to Emily as the women get together to discuss their trip to Toronto?

7. How does Nanabush appear in the opening of Act 2, Scene 7?

8. How does Philomena describe her life in Toronto?

9. How does the play end?

10. What is Emily Dictionary's accusation of Veronique regarding Zhaboonigan? How does the woman respond?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss one of the characters in the play including Pelajia, Philomena, Emily, Annie, Veronique, Zhaboonigan, and Marie-Adele. Who is she and how would you best describe her? What is her backstory? How does it affect her character in the play? What is her role in the play? Does she change or evolve over the course of the play? Why? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character or spirit of Nanabush in the play. How is he represented? At what times does he show up during the play? How does he affect the lives of the women? Who can see him and why? Why is he important to the lives of the women? Explain how he is an important element of the play both thematically and structurally. Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the desires of the women at the beginning of the play. How do the women express their desires and wishes? How do these wishes come about? How do these wishes define their characters? Are the wishes of these women characters fulfilled? Support your reasoning with examples from the play.

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