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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 does the narrator do in Chapter 23 of "A History of Them All"?

2. In Chapter 12 of "A History of Them All," what game does F. tell the narrator he and Edith play?

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

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

5. What body part does the narrator think about of Edith's in Chapter 12 of "A History of Them All"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator think about to distract himself from the reading that depresses him?

2. How does the narrator feel about the group of men who raped Edith?

3. Describe how Catherine Tekakwitha desires to be baptized.

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What happens at the French banquet that Catherine attends in Chapter 42 of "The History of Them All"?

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the possibility that F. is an alter ego of the narrator. Explain how this would change the context of the novel.

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