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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marie finally confronts Rushes Bear because:
(a) Rushes Bear has pinched the children and pulled their hair.
(b) Rushes Bear continues accusing Marie of ruining her son.
(c) She can no longer take the additional load caring for the abusive woman.
(d) She wants Nector to return home, and Rushes Bear will not let him.

2. Nector does not notice Marie because:
(a) He is daydreaming about Lulu Nanapush.
(b) He is preoccupied with the geese.
(c) He has just broken up with Lulu Nanapush.
(d) He is not interested in white girls.

3. The line "once they smash there is no way to put them right," describing Albertine's attempt to fix the pies, also suggests:
(a) There are relationships beyond repair in her family.
(b) She is a stickler for control.
(c) There are fears among her relatives that she has been ruined like June.
(d) She has limitations as a baker.

4. Sister Leopolda's actions characterize her as:
(a) Severe yet reverent.
(b) Pious and docile.
(c) Loving but strict.
(d) Fanatical and obsessive.

5. The real purpose for Sister Leopolda's long oak pole with the hook at the end is:
(a) Tapping bread loaves in the oven.
(b) Opening closet doors.
(c) Shaking birds' nests from the trees.
(d) Opening high windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rushes Bear admits she has come to stay with Marie because:

2. Eli and Nector's partnership works because:

3. What breaks June down into "someone whose shoulders sag when they think no one is looking?"

4. Marie has "beaten" Nector at what he started because:

5. Nector's comparison of wounded animals to "killed saints" is ironic because:

(see the answer key)

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