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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 percent Anishinaabeg is Nanapush?

2. Where was Fantan from?

3. What type of bones does Margaret use to decorate her dress?

4. When Mauser fell off a scaffold once, how far from the ground was he caught by a belt?

5. How many times did Shesheeb go out to find his vision and his spirit helpers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Nanapush steals a keg of wine?

2. Why does Mauser keep Fantan with him?

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

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

5. What talent does John II have?

6. How long have Nanapush and Shesheeb been enemies?

7. How is the moose killed for Margaret's dress?

8. Why does Nanapush cut a hole in Margaret's linoleum?

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

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

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

Mauser is in a wheelchair when Fleur arrives. How do Mauser’s physical abilities change because of Fleur? How and why do those changes affect the household?

Essay Topic 3

Nanapush feels a “state of keen and busy sorrow” (75) because of his dealings with the whites. How does Nanapush have to deal with the white presence and practices? Why are the whites a negative influence?

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