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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. In "His Comeuppance," how often does Mauser begin partaking of Eucharist?

2. What did Shesheeb lash Nanapush with?

3. What was Shesheeb named for?

4. On what day after he sets his trap does Nanapush catch something in his trap for Shesheeb?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How long have Nanapush and Shesheeb been enemies?

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

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

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

5. How did Shesheeb hurt Nanapush's sister?

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

7. What happens when Nanpush makes a love medicine?

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

9. What does Mauser plan to do when his money is gone?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nanapush realizes that happiness is fleeting. Why does Nanapush realize that happiness is fleeting? Why does he believe that happiness cannot be pursued and captured?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Fleur sees and describes the city in terms of the woods she knows. How do Fleur’s life experiences influence her perspective of the city and how she sees it?

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