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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Marie will not pray because:
(a) She does not want to go to church.
(b) She doesn't remember the prayers of her childhood.
(c) She refuses to be caught begging God.
(d) She keeps her secrets to herself.

4. Gordie sees another example of the universe's contempt for him when:
(a) He is almost hit by an oncoming car.
(b) He hits a deer who has a new fawn.
(c) He begins shaking.
(d) He can not find the key to open the trunk of his car.

5. After Gordie kills the deer with the crow bar:
(a) He imagines he has confessed it to the priest.
(b) He imagines he has killed June.
(c) He imagines the deer is accusing him of cowardice.
(d) He imagines she is blaming him for June's death.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gordie tells Eli "I'm contaminated," what does he mean?

2. When Zelda delivers the letter, what does Marie do?

3. What does the description of the woods as shadowy and cold foreshadow?

4. The beads around June's neck are:

5. Leopolda is not impressed by Marie's lifestyle because:

(see the answer key)

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