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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Lulu's son?
(a) Nectar Kapshaw.
(b) Ray Toose.
(c) Lipsha Morrissey.
(d) Gerry Nanapush.

2. Where is Lulu going in the beginning of Chapter 1?
(a) To the mall.
(b) To the jail.
(c) To City Hall.
(d) To the post office.

3. What job does Lipsha take in Chapter 5?
(a) Usher at a movie theater.
(b) Worker at the post office.
(c) Bartender at a night club.
(d) Cleaning Lyman's bingo hall.

4. What does Lyman do with Nector's pipe at the end of Chapter 8?
(a) Pawns it.
(b) Breaks it.
(c) Loses it.
(d) Gives it away.

5. In Lyman's slot machine dream, whose face gives him the jackpot?
(a) Zelda's.
(b) Shawnee's.
(c) Lulu's.
(d) Lipsha's.

6. What is the bingo hall's grand prize?
(a) A luxury van.
(b) Free dinner for a month.
(c) A set of watches.
(d) A new house.

7. What makes Shawnee decide to move?
(a) Lipsha's annoying her.
(b) Zelda's rule over her life.
(c) Redford's illness.
(d) She wants her own room.

8. Why are the people of the reservation concerned about the young white boy using an umbrella?
(a) Because children aren't allowed to carry their own umbrellas.
(b) Because the umbrella belongs to someone else.
(c) Because it isn't raining.
(d) Because children receive knowledge from rain hitting their heads.

9. What did Shawnee's mother do after her father died?
(a) Forced Shawnee to get married.
(b) Moved away from the reservation.
(c) Found a job in the city.
(d) Admitted that she was having an affair.

10. What does Lyman offer Lipsha for his pipe?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $300.
(c) A ride to Fargo.
(d) A plane ticket to California.

11. How does the slot machine treat Lyman in his dream?
(a) The slot machine tries to run away.
(b) The slot machine breaks.
(c) He loses every time.
(d) He wins every time.

12. What does June eat out of the oven before walking to the school bus?
(a) Roasted vegetables.
(b) Part of a pie.
(c) Toast.
(d) Burnt crumbs.

13. When Lyman wakes he can't tell if it was a dream or if he was where?
(a) At Zelda's house.
(b) In his kitchen.
(c) Out of his mind.
(d) In his back yard.

14. Why did Albertine leave school to visit the reservation?
(a) Out of love.
(b) Out of duty.
(c) Out of respect.
(d) Out of fear.

15. What does Lipsha call the money he makes off of June's bingo tickets?
(a) Insulation.
(b) Luxury.
(c) Life.
(d) Security.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator assume Shawnee's sisters are at the gathering?

2. How does Lulu feel about the way Marie raised Lipsha?

3. To what does Lipsha compare the light of Zelda's smile?

4. What does Albertine wear at the gathering?

5. What does Lyman spend the entire night before his business meeting doing?

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