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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do they call the box in the basement students at St.Jerome’s are put in for speaking Ojibway or otherwise disobeying?
(a) The Steel Sister.
(b) The Iron Fist.
(c) The Iron Box.
(d) The Iron Sister.

2. What does Father Leboutilier allow Saul to do since he is too young to play hockey?
(a) Practice with the team.
(b) Clean the rink.
(c) Get his own TV to watch games.
(d) Play other sports.

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

4. How old is Saul at the start of Chapter 17?
(a) 8.
(b) 12.
(c) 17.
(d) 9.

5. What does Sister Ignacia tell Lonnie Rabbit and Saul they work to remove from the children at St. Jerome’s?
(a) The light.
(b) The education.
(c) The Indian.
(d) The ignorance.

6. What does Sister Ignacia do to Lonnie Rabbit when he argues about changing his name?
(a) She tells Father Quinney.
(b) She strikes him repeatedly with a paddle.
(c) She sends him to the Iron Sister.
(d) She kicks him out of school.

7. What is the name of Fred’s 17-year-old son and captain of the Moose?
(a) Vincent.
(b) Vance.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Victor.

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

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

10. Who is the Ojibway man standing with Father Leboutilier during a scrimmage in Chapter 24?
(a) Saul’s uncle.
(b) Saul’s father.
(c) Fred Kelly.
(d) Virgil Kelly.

11. Who is Saul’s counselor at the Centre, mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Moses.
(b) Jacob.
(c) John.
(d) Abraham.

12. What is the name of the town Saul moves to on the outskirts of Manitouwadge with the Kellys in Chapter 25?
(a) Indianville.
(b) Ojibway Town.
(c) Redditt.
(d) Indian Town.

13. What does Saul’s teammate Buddy Black Wolf call Saul?
(a) Their secret weapon.
(b) Secret Saul.
(c) Saul.
(d) Slick Saul.

14. Naomi wants to honor Ben in the traditional way, but his mother believes he needs to go where?
(a) To the hospital.
(b) To a shaman.
(c) To a medicine man.
(d) To a priest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Saul been at the Centre?

2. After Naomi carries Saul until she falls, where does he realize they are?

3. What stories does Saul’s grandmother tell him when she is keeping him away from his drunken family?

4. What is the name the Ojibway use for the northwind, as explained in Chapter 10?

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

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