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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. To what does the narrator compare the living situations of the Iroquois?

2. What does the narrator think about to distract himself from his depressing reading in Chapter 12 of "A History of Them All"?

3. What does F. suggest to the narrator in Chapter 12 of "A History of Them All"?

4. What is the narrator suffering from at the beginning of the book?

5. Who is Catherine Tekakwitha?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Charles Axis?

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

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

5. Describe the telephone game.

6. Describe how Catherine Tekakwitha desires to be baptized.

7. Describe the world in which the narrator lives in the novel.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the character F. and his relationship to the narrator. What motivates or drives F.?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the guilt of Tegaigenta over her husband's death and the guilt that F. feels from immunizing the narrator from passion.

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship of Catherine and her uncle contribute to the overall theme of sexuality of the novel Beautiful Losers?

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