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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. With what is Louis experimenting in chapter 8?

2. What does Celestine take to eat when she visits Russell Kashpaw in chapter 10?

3. When Dot runs away from home, what is her intended destination?

4. During the Christmas play, with what does Dot get in a fight?

5. What type of sandwich does Sita make for Louis and Karl in chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Jude Miller come to Argus in chapter 14?

2. Why does Sheriff Pausch visit Sita's house in chapter 8, and what does he find when he gets there?

3. Describe Sita's house, as pictured in chapter 13.

4. How does Mary normally behave during a children's party?

5. Why does Mrs. Shumway send Dot to the "naughty box" in chapter 10?

6. As discussed in chapter 8, why does Sita feel bad about her estrangement from the Catholic Church?

7. Describe Wallace Pfef's experience in organizing the Beet Festival.

8. What was Wallace Pfef's "private disaster" during the Christmas play, as mentioned in chapter 12? Why does he describe it that way?

9. What is Celestine's opinion of Mary's cooking, as stated in chapter 11? Why does she hold this opinion?

10. How do Mary and Celestine deal with Sita's body?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Erdrich use different narrators to create different effects? Choose a scene and describe how its narrator conveys the situation from a particular perspective. Then explain how the reader's perception of the scene would have been different if Erdrich had chosen a different narrator.

Essay Topic 2

What role does the sugar beet play in the novel, both as a symbol and as a plot device? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Describe in detail the character of Fleur Pillager and her role in the novel.

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