1. Gordie drives to town in order to:
(a) Trade a deer for liquor.
(b) Tell people he has seen June.
(c) Get more bottles of liquor.
(d) Avoid getting in another fight with June.

2. What are Marie's reasons for not wanting another child around?
(a) She has too many children and a drunk of a husband.
(b) She has always hated her sister and her family.
(c) She has plans to leave with her husband.
(d) She is ashamed of what the neighbors will think.

3. How are Marie and Rushes Bear "related" by the end of the story?
(a) Marie discovers that Rushes Bear was her mother all along.
(b) They are both lonely, having survived unsuccessful marriages, and care for each other.
(c) The discover that Marie and Nector are cousins.
(d) They are both willing to overlook Fleur Pillager's interference in their marriages.

4. What responsibilities does Marie keep up in order to distract herself from unhappiness?
(a) She sells her apples and cleans others' homes.
(b) She cares for the children, cooks, and cleans.
(c) She cooks all the food she can find in the house.
(d) She goes out to find her husband and drag him home.

5. Rushes Bear admits she has come to stay with Marie because:
(a) She is about to die.
(b) Her husband has gotten remarried.
(c) She has nowhere else to go.
(d) She has disowned her other children.