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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Margaret use to dye the bones for her dress?

2. What does Margaret say that Shesheeb can turn himself into in Chapter 11?

3. What does Nanapush hunt for Margaret to use when she makes her dress?

4. What does Margaret use to scrape the moose hide she uses for her dress?

5. What did Shesheeb lash Nanapush with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Margaret's mother hide her from the agents of the government school for a time?

2. In Chapter 9, why does Margaret throw a stew she makes Nanapush to the dogs?

3. How does Nanapush describe Shesheeb in Chapter 11?

4. How did Shesheeb hurt Nanapush's sister?

5. Why does Margaret not believe Nanapush's story that a star fell through the roof and her linoleum?

6. When Shesheeb enchants Nanapush and makes him dance, how is the enchantment broken?

7. How long have Nanapush and Shesheeb been enemies?

8. How is Fleur in Mauser's presence?

9. What does Nanapush do to try to explain why there is a hole in Margaret's linoleum?

10. How does Nanapush get in trouble with Margaret in Chapter 11?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Fleur helps Mauser and heals him. How and why does Fleur help Mauser and heal him?

Essay Topic 2

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What are the two climaxes in the story? Why is there a physical and a spiritual climax in Four Souls?

Essay Topic 3

Nanapush is jealous. Why is Nanapush jealous of Shesheeb? How does Margaret incite his jealousy and why?

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