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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. Frenchie does NOT mention which reason while discussing the group's slow progress through Four Winds?

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

3. There has not been a sighting of a Recruiter for what length of time by the events depicted in A Plague of Madness?

4. The reader learns that the same year people stopped dreaming, which objects snapped?

5. Which member of Frenchie's family never came back from the council's last-ditch effort to make their concerns known to the government?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Dimaline differentiate between Wab and the rest of the group in the chapter entitled A Plague of Madness?

2. For what reason is Frenchie already familiar with Miigwan's name before they meet in Frenchie's Coming-to Story?

3. In the chapter called Story Part 2, Miigwan continues telling a story he began telling on the night of whose arrival?

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

5. What is ironic about the circumstances of Frenchie's father Jean's disappearance?

6. What is the symbolism of the whistle featured in the opening chapters of The Marrow Thieves?

7. What kinds of ineffective coping methods does Miigwan discuss in the chapter entitled Story: Part One? Name three.

8. In what way does the epigraph section of the novel prepare the reader for the text's focus on one particular theme?

9. Provide evidence from the chapter called The Four Winds to prove that Frenchie's group has rites and traditions.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the central purpose of the work The Marrow Thieves? What response do you think Dimaline wants from the text’s audience? How does each character support Dimaline’s purpose?

Essay Topic 2

What messages does Dimaline send about oppression in The Marrow Thieves and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?

Essay Topic 3

How is the topic of courage treated within The Marrow Thieves and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

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