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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nector arrives, what does Marie do with the letter?
(a) In her pocket to hide it from the children.
(b) Back under the sugar jar where he left it.
(c) In the bonfire Gordie has made.
(d) Underneath the piles of potatoes she has peeled.

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

3. When Gordie tells Eli "I'm contaminated," what does he mean?
(a) He is sick.
(b) He bears the guilt for June's death.
(c) He is dirty from the day's work.
(d) He is an alcoholic.

4. When Marie says she "did for Nector what [she] learned from the nun," she means:
(a) She offers him salvation and forgiveness.
(b) She tries to scar him.
(c) She blames his actions on
(d) She struggles to overpower him.

5. Though Leopolda is dying, Marie's real reason for visiting her is:
(a) To beg Leopolda's forgiveness for her behavior at the convent.
(b) To show Leopolda how far she has come up in the world.
(c) To get help finding Nector.
(d) To offer her daughter Zelda up to the convent.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Gordie kills the deer with the crow bar:

2. Gordie sees another example of the universe's contempt for him when:

3. Gordie drives to town in order to:

4. What final image connects Gordie to June's death?

5. Sister Mary uses her clarinet to:

(see the answer key)

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