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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What number does Saul choose because nobody else chooses it?
(a) 99.
(b) 13.
(c) 8.
(d) 1.

4. Shabogeesick told his people that the horse spoke to him and told him of a change that will do what to their lives?
(a) Improve.
(b) Enrich.
(c) Scorch.
(d) Enlighten.

5. On what River did Saul’s great-grandfather and his people live?
(a) The Ottawa River.
(b) The Saskatchewan River.
(c) The Winnipeg River.
(d) The Yukon River.

6. What stories does Saul’s grandmother tell him when she is keeping him away from his drunken family?
(a) Stories of how bad liquor makes people.
(b) Stories of his grandfather and Ojibway medicine.
(c) Stories of his father as a child.
(d) Stories of Naomi as a mother.

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

8. What did Saul’s mother often whisper about, which Saul did not understand in Chapter 3?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) The fire.
(c) The school.
(d) The doctor.

9. Aside from being Ojibway, what do Fred and his wife, Martha, have in common with Saul?
(a) They were close with their grandmothers.
(b) They lived at St. Jeromes.
(c) They were friends with Father Leboutilier.
(d) They lived on Gods Lake.

10. Who guided Saul’s family’s ten-day journey to Gods Lake?
(a) Saul.
(b) Naomi.
(c) John.
(d) Mary.

11. What is the name of the game the white locals played in which they hang out of their car windows with a broomstick and strike Indians?
(a) Broom-a-head.
(b) Indian head.
(c) Broom-a-Buck.
(d) Buck-a-head.

12. What does Saul use to practice on during the summer months?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Linoleum.
(c) Rubber.
(d) Ice.

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

14. Who leaves Gods Lake to take Ben to a priest, leaving Saul alone with his grandmother?
(a) Saul’s parents.
(b) Saul’s aunt and uncle.
(c) Saul’s parents, aunt, and uncle.
(d) Saul’s mother.

15. Who was Naomi’s husband, who dreamt of going to Gods Lake to harvest rice?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Jacob. .
(c) Joseph.
(d) Moses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Naomi while she and Saul are huddled together for warmth in Chapter 10?

2. Where do students of St. Jerome's watch hockey games with Father Leboutilier?

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

4. Who was Saul’s great-grandfather?

5. What happens to Curtis White Fox after his mouth is washed with lye soap when he is caught speaking Ojibway?

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