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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 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) Buck-a-head.
(c) Indian head.
(d) Broom-a-Buck.

2. How many days do Saul and his grandmother travel before running out of food?
(a) 3.
(b) 13.
(c) 7.
(d) 10.

3. What animal did Saul’s great-grandfather bring to his people that they had never seen before?
(a) A coyote.
(b) A kitten.
(c) A dog.
(d) A horse.

4. What reason does Levi Deiter give to Father Leboutilier for Saul no longer being able to play with the Falcons right before Saul’s eleventh game?
(a) He was too slow.
(b) Parents complained that Saul was on the ice more than their white children.
(c) He was too quiet.
(d) He was not good enough.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Saul at the Centre?

2. Out of the first ten games Saul played with the Falcons, how many does the team win?

3. What do the students do in Chapter 13 during a rare moment without supervision?

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

5. What team of white mill and mine workers invites the Moose to play an exhibition against them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Saul’s experience on the White River Falcons in Chapter 23?

2. What are the nighttime invasions described in Chapter 21?

3. What do the students at St. Jerome’s do in Chapter 13 during a rare time with no supervision?

4. How do the Moose get from game to game and where do they stay?

5. What does Saul vow never to do in front of anyone at St. Jerome’s and how did that make people see him?

6. Describe the last time Saul sees Father Leboutilier.

7. Though Father Quinney and Sister Ignacia do not want Saul to play hockey at first, Father Quinney later changes his mind. Why?

8. What does Saul mean by the spectre that lived in all of the adults, particularly his mother?

9. Why does Naomi say she and Saul must leave Gods Lake and where will they go?

10. What praise does Father Leboutilier give to Saul during and after his first game in The White River arena in Chapter 20?

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