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

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

3. Who is tending to Catherine in Chapter 16 of "A History of Them All"?

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

5. In Chapter 15 of "A History of Them All," what does the narrator describe about Catherine Tekakwitha's family?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how F. and Edith die.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe how Catherine Tekakwitha desires to be baptized.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the state of the narrator at the beginning of the novel to the end. Does he make any progression? If so, explain.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the disruption that Catherine's conversion to Catholicism and the spilling of red wine bring among the Jesuits and members of the A---- tribe.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the significance of the old man and the half naked woman. Who are they? What is their purpose?

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