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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Mauser's family business?
(a) Steel and oil.
(b) Mining.
(c) Manufacturing.
(d) Lumber and railroads.

2. What trees were stripped from an island in the Gichi gami lake in Chapter 1?
(a) Locusts.
(b) Elms.
(c) Oaks.
(d) Basswood.

3. Where do Mauser and Fleur often drive to take the air in "Figures of Captive Graces"?
(a) Minnetonka.
(b) Bloomington.
(c) Richfield.
(d) Eden Prairie.

4. What does Placide paint Polly Elizabeth as in Chapter 2?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Esther.
(c) Moses.
(d) Nebuchadnezzar.

5. Who helps Polly Elizabeth to her room after she is bitten in Chapter 3?
(a) Mrs. Testor.
(b) The cook.
(c) Fantan.
(d) Placide.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what grew from the blood a woman spilled when giving birth?

2. What color hair did Placide have when she married?

3. When Margaret lays out the rocks along the path that leads to her cabin, what does she place next to each rock?

4. What do they call Nanapush?

5. In Chapter 2, what type of uniform does Polly Elizabeth plan for Fleur?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, why does Polly Elizabeth believe she should let Fleur go, and why does Placide want Fleur to stay?

2. How does Mauser say that his spirit is meant to serve Fleur?

3. For how long does Fleur withhold herself from Mauser and why?

4. How does Polly Elizabeth end up caring for Fleur during her pregnancy?

5. How does Fleur prepare to go into the city?

6. Why did Fleur rush to Mauser the day he had the seizure?

7. How does Nanapush say that he and Fleur made no attempts to avoid pain?

8. In Chapter 4, what does Nanapush know about Mauser's history?

9. How is Polly Elizabeth's presence at the house accepted after the baby is born?

10. Why does Peggy Elizabeth hire Fleur?

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