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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the description of the woods as shadowy and cold foreshadow?
(a) The upcoming fight with Zelda.
(b) Marie's giving up on herself.
(c) The death of Leopolda.
(d) The discovery that Nector has left her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The neighborhood gossips come around asking about what?

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

3. What are Marie's reasons for not wanting another child around?

4. Sister Mary could be described as:

5. To drown out the sight and sound of June's ghost, what does Gordie do?

(see the answer key)

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