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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what type of vehicle is Frenchie's brother taken away after he is dragged out of the treehouse?
(a) A bus.
(b) A van.
(c) A tank.
(d) A car.

2. What kinds of objects does Frenchie observe Minerva cleaning and storing for a mysterious purpose?
(a) Paper clips.
(b) Fingernail clippings.
(c) Tin can lids.
(d) Bottle caps.

3. What is the name of the narrator who delivers the narrative of The Marrow Thieves?
(a) Rose.
(b) Frenchie.
(c) Chi-Boy.
(d) Jean.

4. How old is Chi-Boy?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 21.
(d) 17.

5. Wab tells the group that she saw how many men in the woods, one of whom she knew?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. Miigwan tells the group about the wars named after which natural resource?

2. The reader learns in Story: Part Two that when the earth broke, "she went out like a wild" (69) what?

3. How many people in total are part of the group once Frenchie joins it in the chapter called The Fire?

4. In Wab's Coming-to Story, Wab describes how people began to carry what objects as protection?

5. What part of Frenchie's body is aching throughout the chapter entitled Frenchie's Coming-to Story?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways could The Marrow Thieves be classified as a bildungsroman?

2. What shared goal is agreed upon by Frenchie and Rose by the end of the chapter entitled Magic Words?

3. Discuss the theme of appearance versus reality and how it appears within the chapter entitled Frenchie's Coming-to Story.

4. For what reason does Dimaline sometimes include slang and profanity within the narrative?

5. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Frenchie and his brother Mitch are not getting their basic needs met during the time when the novel opens.

6. For what reason does Dimaline include an allusion to Albert Camus in

7. What is the symbolism of the freezer featured in Wab's Coming-to Story?

8. What is the significance of the chapter title A Plague of Madness?

9. How does Frenchie explain Minerva's choice to save tin can lids?

10. What explanation do the twins Tree and Zheegwon give for the death of Minerva's son in the chapter called Back Into the Woods?

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