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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Under the Ground threw out her daughter's soul, into what animal did it go?
(a) Fawn.
(b) Porcupine.
(c) Beaver.
(d) White raccoon.

2. In Chapter 3, how old were the girls Mauser would marry to get permits to log their allotment lands?
(a) 14.
(b) A year or two out of boarding school.
(c) 15.
(d) Just out of boarding school.

3. When Margaret lays out the rocks along the path that leads to her cabin, what does she place next to each rock?
(a) Black cohosh.
(b) Sage.
(c) Ginseng.
(d) Tobacco.

4. In Chapter 3, who comes running when Polly Elizabeth screams after Mauser bites her?
(a) Mrs. Testor.
(b) The cook.
(c) Placide.
(d) Fantan.

5. For the first week after after Fleur's baby is born, where does Polly Elizabeth sleep?
(a) Pallet on the floor of the nursery.
(b) A cot in Fleur's room.
(c) Fleur's old bed.
(d) Her old room.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Fleur have to chop to make her own roads?

2. In "Whiskey, Love, Linoleum," what spirit does Nanapush mention who tries to protect?

3. Before Nanapush tells the story of the making of Under the Ground, what does he remember eating to survive?

4. When Four Souls' mother was buried alive in a birch-bark covering connected to the world only by a breathing straw, how many days and night was she there?

5. In "Figures of Captive Graces," how often does Polly Elizabeth give Fleur whiskey during her pregnancy?

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