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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Eddy often do?
(a) He reads.
(b) He dances.
(c) He plays piano.
(d) He sings.

4. How old is Sweetie's daughter Mary in Part I?
(a) 12.
(b) 16.
(c) 19.
(d) 14.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Paul's ancestry said to be in Part I?

2. For what show does Cedar say the Songmakers have traditionally taken out their old-fashioned TV from the closet?

3. Where did Eddy earn his Ph.D.?

4. What outstanding feature does Cedar describe of her baby's father in Part I?

5. What has "Little Mary" been caught stealing from the Potts' gas station in Part I?

Short Essay Questions

1. What provisions does Phil bring to Cedar's home in Part I? Where has he obtained them?

2. What did Eddy study in college? Where did he study?

3. How is Mother described when she first appears to Cedar? Where does she first appear?

4. What publication does Cedar produce? What is its subject?

5. Why is Cedar going to an Ojibwe reservation in Part I?

6. From what perspective and tense is the story related? How is the novel framed?

7. What does Cedar stock up on in preparation for the apocalypse? Why?

8. What is supposedly happening genetically that is altering the world in the novel?

9. What does the lizardlike bird that Cedar observes in Part I represent?

10. When and where does the title of the novel appear in the narrative? What does it refer to?

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