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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Phil bury his and Cedar's cell phones in Part I?
(a) The St. Jude Cathedral Cemetery.
(b) The Denny's parking lot.
(c) The Roosevelt Hospital parking lot.
(d) The Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery.

2. What does Cedar refer to the "Anima Mundi" as in Part I (62)?
(a) "The Oppressor."
(b) "The Soul of the World."
(c) "The Questions of Life."
(d) "The Meaning of Justice."

3. Whom does the narrator address in the opening of Part I?
(a) Her lost love.
(b) The reader.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Her unborn child.

4. When was Kateri Tekakwitha beatified by Pope John Paul II?
(a) 1980.
(b) 2005.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1970.

5. What does the word "lexical" from Part 1 mean?
(a) Relating to the cultural aspects of a community.
(b) Relating to the history of a culture or community.
(c) Relating to the words or vocabulary of a language.
(d) Relating to the relational aspects of family.

6. How does Cedar describe Mother's hair in Part I?
(a) A mohawk with purple bangs.
(b) A Napoleon helmet.
(c) A King Edward helmet.
(d) A Prince Valiant helmet.

7. What does "WV" refer to in the novel?
(a) Wellness Volunteers.
(b) Womb Volunteers.
(c) World Voyages.
(d) Worldwide Volunteers.

8. What was Kateri Tekakwitha's mother's name?
(a) Ardenta.
(b) Kahenta.
(c) Eleta.
(d) Serasota.

9. Cedar remarks in Part I, "We can tell everything about the brain except" what (62)?
(a) "Why it exists."
(b) "Why it worries."
(c) "What it thinks."
(d) "How it reacts to new stimuli."

10. How long have we been homo-sapiens, according to Cedar in Part I?
(a) 300,000 years.
(b) 100 million years.
(c) 4.4 million years.
(d) 4.6 billion years.

11. What color is Sweetie's house?
(a) White.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

12. What does Cedar refer to her name as in the opening of Part I (3)?
(a) Her nickname.
(b) Her "white name."
(c) Her "liberal name."
(d) Her "Ojibwe name."

13. On what day does Cedar arrive at the Potts reservation home in Part I?
(a) July 5.
(b) August 9.
(c) September 9.
(d) June 12.

14. What does Cedar tape to the cover of the hardbound journal in Part I?
(a) Her driver's license.
(b) Her ultrasound photo.
(c) Her birth certificate.
(d) Her first poem.

15. What was Sera's profession before she went to graduate school?
(a) A midwife.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A baker.
(d) A seamstress.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Cedar consider that she should stock up on in order to bargain after the apocalypse?

2. When was Kateri Tekakwitha born?

3. Where did Phil have to go to find food after the supermarkets have run out in Part I?

4. What can the Angel Phil cure?

5. What are the names of Cedar's adoptive parents?

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