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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. Why does Fred Kelly want Saul to come live with him?
(a) To be his son’s friend.
(b) To play on his Native tournament team.
(c) Because they are related.
(d) To clean his house.

2. What doers Father Quinney often tell students that they are saving them from at St. Jeromes?
(a) The cold.
(b) Being Indian.
(c) Their heathen ways.
(d) God’s wrath.

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

4. Where does Naomi tell Saul they must go to stay with her brother so they do not perish in the cold of Gods Lake?
(a) Minaki.
(b) Redditt.
(c) Toronto.
(d) Minoose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, what does Saul say the Ojibway call themselves?

2. What happens to Ben the morning after he coughs up blood?

3. What does Saul’s teammate Buddy Black Wolf call Saul?

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

5. What do they call the graveyard for all the children who died while at St. Jerome’s?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the last time Saul sees Father Leboutilier.

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

3. Where is Saul Indian Horse at the start of the novel and what is he supposed to be doing in order to heal?

4. When does Saul practice hockey and how in Chapter 16?

5. Describe Saul’s life after his family leaves the bush in search of the white man’s drink.

6. Describe Naomi’s final moments.

7. What is the argument Naomi and Saul’s aunt have about rice in Chapter 7?

8. What happens when Saul’s father and uncles begin bringing home liquor in Chapter 3?

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

10. As Saul learns to skate he feels he can perform any move he envisions. How does he relate this to something his grandmother had taught him about the universe?

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