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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. Who had their hearts eaten by the Canadian tribes' chiefs?

2. Who does the narrator relate his own mindset to in Chapter 35 of "A History of Them All"?

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

4. Who considered the living situations of the Iroquois immoral?

5. Who dislikes the French missionaries?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the telephone game.

3. What happens when the narrator and F. drive to Ottawa?

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

5. What was the purpose of the note that F. left the narrator in Chapter 30 of "The History of Them All"?

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

7. What does the narrator read about that depresses him so much?

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

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

10. What does F. buy in Chapter 14 of "The History of Them All"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain why the bath from the Argentine Waiter transcends the thoughts of Edith and F.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the suffrage of constipation and depression the narrator is undergoing. How is this motif repeated throughout the novel?

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