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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. Where does Nanapush sleep in the afternoon after visiting Shesheeb in Chapter 11?

2. In "His Comeuppance," from what did the Britsh Recruiting Office have to lower their requirements to 5 feet 3?

3. What type of mine collapses in "His Comeuppance"?

4. How many times has Nanapush seen the four season go around in "Love Snare"?

5. Where is the drunk tank in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Nanapush describe Shesheeb in Chapter 11?

3. How do Mauser's fortunes start to fail?

4. Why does Mauser keep Fantan with him?

5. What talent does John II have?

6. What did Margaret see when the snare Nanapush created tightened around her neck?

7. What happens when Nanpush makes a love medicine?

8. How long have Nanapush and Shesheeb been enemies?

9. How did Shesheeb hurt Nanapush's sister?

10. What does Nanapush think about happiness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does Erdrich use foreshadowing in Four Souls? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

Essay Topic 2

John II seems to be handicapped. Why does Mauser believe the boy’s handicaps may be a judgment of the man he has been?

Essay Topic 3

Nanapush and Shesheeb have been enemies since they were infants. How have Nanapush and Shesheeb been life-long enemies? Why does Nanapush hate Shesheeb so deeply?

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