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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many slashes did Under the Ground make on each arm when Anaquot was not getting well?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

2. Who gave Fleur her French name?
(a) Trapper.
(b) Mother.
(c) Trapper's wife.
(d) Father.

3. In Chapter 3, how late does Mauser read when he recovers?
(a) 3 a.m.
(b) Until dawn.
(c) 2 a.m.
(d) Just past midnight.

4. What does Fleur have to kill in Chapter 1 when she steals a pair of boots?
(a) Old cat.
(b) Puppy.
(c) Old dog.
(d) Fat dog.

5. What animal was killed near the building site of the house in Chapter 1?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Fox.
(c) Lynx.
(d) Cougar.

6. What disease is Mauser thought to have before the doctor comes from Chicago?
(a) Chlamydia.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Gonorrhea.
(d) HPV.

7. Who calls Fleur a squaw in "Figures of Captive Graces"?
(a) William Marlin.
(b) Charles Philipps.
(c) Virgil Hill.
(d) David Lewis.

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

9. In Chapter 2, what pattern is on a cushioned chair in the Fleur's room?
(a) Rose.
(b) Striped.
(c) Plaid.
(d) Tartan.

10. In Chapter 3, how long had it been since Mauser had looked through his ledgers?
(a) Decades.
(b) Years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 8 years.

11. In Chapter 1 when the house was being built, how many sandhill cranes were shot to eat?
(a) 90.
(b) Nearly 100.
(c) 120.
(d) About 150.

12. What color are the rocks along the path that leads to Margaret and Nanapush's cabin?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Pink.
(d) Red.

13. 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?
(a) 4 days and 4 nights.
(b) 6 days and 6 nights.
(c) 5 days and 5 nights.
(d) 3 days and 3 nights.

14. How much land does Margaret sell to get the flooring she wants?
(a) 75 acres.
(b) 50 acres.
(c) 40 acres.
(d) 80 acres.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Fleur buries the bones and clan markers under a tree in Chapter 1, what color prayer flag does she tie to the highest branches?

2. When did Fleur stop withholding herself physically from Mauser?

3. What is the name of the doctor from Chicago who comes to see Mauser in Chapter 4?

4. What does Placide paint Polly Elizabeth as in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 4, what type of dog does Polly Elizabeth get?

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