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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. Who falls in love with Catherine in Chapter 26 of "A History of Them All."
(a) Edouard Lecompte.
(b) The narrator.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) A young tribal man.

2. Who died in the asylum from syphilis?
(a) Edith.
(b) F.
(c) The narrator.
(d) Catherine Tekakwitha.

3. In what type of environment do the Iroquois live?
(a) Shacks.
(b) Pueblos.
(c) Apartments.
(d) Long houses.

4. What is the narrator suffering from at the beginning of the book?
(a) Headaches.
(b) Heartache.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Depression and constipation.

5. Why does the narrator nearly run the car off the road?
(a) He was texting on his phone.
(b) He is pleasuring himself.
(c) He fell asleep.
(d) He was in mid chant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the writing style in Chapter 17 of "A History of Them All"?

2. To what office has F. been elected?

3. What happens to make Catherine flee to the forest in Chapter 16 of "A History of Them All"?

4. Where are F. and the narrator driving to in the car scene?

5. To whom does the narrator call and shout about his burns and constipation in Chapter 30 of "A History of Them All"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator call the DJ on the radio in Chapter 30 of "The History of Them All"?

2. What is significant about what F. gives to the narrator in Chapter 17 of "The History of Them All"?

3. The novel was written in the 1960s. How do the contents of the novel relate to that time?

4. Describe how Catherine Tekakwitha desires to be baptized.

5. What does the narrator remember about Edith in Chapter 7 of "The History of Them All"?

6. How is the red wine spilling on the table cloth disruptive like Catherine's own presence?

7. What does the narrator describe that happened to Catherine in 1664?

8. How does the uncle feel about his tribe by the middle of the novel?

9. Describe how F. and Edith die.

10. What does the narrator begin to fear about what is happening to him in Chapter 14 of "A History of Them All" ?

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