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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who or what does Saul’s mother blame for Ben’s death?
(a) Saul’s father.
(b) God.
(c) Naomi.
(d) Ojibway medicine.

2. In Chapter 1, what does Saul say the Ojibway call themselves?
(a) Aki.
(b) Anishinabeg.
(c) Ojibway.
(d) Zhaunagush.

3. How old was Saul’s sister when she was taken by the Zhaunagush?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

4. Why is Saul at the Centre?
(a) To work.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Depression.
(d) A broken ankle.

5. What does Saul say St. Jerome’s took from his world?
(a) His family.
(b) The light.
(c) His roots.
(d) His grandmother.

6. How does Saul see the other hockey players, as described at the start of Chapter 18?
(a) Warrior-like.
(b) Angry.
(c) Threatening.
(d) Terrible.

7. What does Saul teach himself to do at the start of Chapter 17?
(a) Ice skate.
(b) Read English.
(c) Pray.
(d) Rollerblade.

8. Where is Saul at the start of Chapter 1?
(a) The Native Dawn Centre.
(b) The New Life Centre.
(c) Centre for Native Americans.
(d) The New Dawn Centre.

9. Saul feels the world spoke to him, a gift inherited from which of his relatives?
(a) His great-grandfather.
(b) His brother.
(c) His mother.
(d) His grandmother.

10. What is the only reason they do not change Saul’s name at St. Jerome’s?
(a) They like it.
(b) It is a biblical name.
(c) He will not suggest another name.
(d) They cannot think of another name.

11. What team of white mill and mine workers invites the Moose to play an exhibition against them?
(a) The Kapuskasing Captains.
(b) The Chieftans.
(c) The Kapuskasing Chiefs.
(d) The Zambonis.

12. After Naomi carries Saul until she falls, where does he realize they are?
(a) The railroad depot in Minaki.
(b) Minoose.
(c) Her brother’s house.
(d) St. Jerome’s.

13. What happened to the Saul and Naomi’s canoe on the fourth day of their travels?
(a) It was stolen.
(b) It disappeared.
(c) They sold it to buy food.
(d) It smashed into a boulder and split.

14. What is the name of the arena where Saul plays his first real game in Chapter 20?
(a) White Junction Arena.
(b) White River Arena.
(c) White Rapids Arena.
(d) St. Germ’s Arena.

15. Who does Saul’s aunt tell Naomi she was taught to fear at her school?
(a) God.
(b) Nuns.
(c) Priests.
(d) Teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Indian Horse?

2. How old is Saul at the start of Chapter 17?

3. To what town does Saul’s family move at the end of Chapter 4?

4. What does Saul find out years later was the reason for Benjamin’s terrible cough?

5. What sport does Father Leboutilier introduce to the kids at St. Jerome’s?

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