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

2. What type of doorknob is on Mauser's bedroom door?
(a) Wood.
(b) Crystal.
(c) Brass.
(d) Ceramic.

3. 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.

4. What is used to make a beard for Polly Elizabeth in Chapter 4?
(a) Lambs wool.
(b) Untanned buffalo hide.
(c) Untanned cow hide.
(d) Human hair.

5. What priest gives Nanapush information about the great house Fleur looked up at that day in Chapter 1?
(a) Father William.
(b) Father Richard.
(c) Father Damien.
(d) Father Martin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Figures of the Captive Graces," with whom has Placide been having an affair?

2. When hot water is needed for the doctor's treatments in Chapter 4, who brings it upstairs?

3. When did the original Four Souls' mother become a healer?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Peggy Elizabeth hire Fleur?

2. Why did some, like Nanapush, surrender to the cross and the Jesuits?

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

4. How does Fleur prepare to kill Mauser?

5. How does the name Four Souls own Fleur?

6. How does Fleur travel to the iron road?

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

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

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

10. What does Fleur do when John Mauser has a seizure?

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