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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. What does the narrator pray to god for at the end of Chapter 13 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) To help him grieve.
(b) To have normal bowels again.
(c) For any god to help him, and he will not enter a bathroom until he can pass a stool.
(d) To stop the bleeding.

2. To what does the narrator compare the living situations of the Iroquois?
(a) The beginning days of civilization.
(b) As nice as the streets of New York City.
(c) Packed like sardines.
(d) A movie theatre at night, stifling its sexuality.

3. In Chapter 12 of "A History of Them All," what game does F. tell the narrator he and Edith play?
(a) The telephone game.
(b) Monopoly.
(c) The lust game.
(d) Hide and seek.

4. Who is the bully that kicks sand in F.'s face at the beach?
(a) Catherine Tekakwitha.
(b) Axis Charles.
(c) Charles Axis.
(d) Edith.

5. What covers the narrator's apartment in Chapter 24 of "A History of Them All"?
(a) Dust.
(b) Ash.
(c) Soap.
(d) Oil.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 13 of "A History of Them All," what has the narrator stopped doing since he read about the plague?

2. What does F. purchase from his previous employer in Chapter 14 of "A History of Them All"?

3. What does F. say the glancing kisses from Edith to the narrator are in Chapter 12 of "A History of Them All"?

4. What does the new priest massage on Catherine's body?

5. To what office has F. been elected?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the narrator at school when he was a child?

2. Explain how the Iroquois tribe lives and why it was deemed inappropriate by the French missionaries.

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

4. What does the narrator pray to god for in Chapter 13 of "The History of Them All"?

5. What motivates the narrator to turn to Catherine Tekakwitha when he is in agony over the deaths of F. and Edith?

6. Describe how F. and Edith die.

7. What happens to the young brave who was to marry Catherine?

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

9. What role does F. play in the love triangle of Edith, the narrator, and himself?

10. How is Chapter 10 in "The History of Them All" a symbol of how the narrator is becoming more like F.?

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