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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The beads around June's neck are:
(a) A rosary given to her by the nuns at the convent.
(b) A rosary given to her by the Crees who found her.
(c) The inheritance left to her by her father.
(d) Spirit beads left to her by her mother.

2. The fish images in the story imply:
(a) Marie is only at home near the river at her reservation.
(b) Marie feels
(c) Marie's spirit animal is a fish.
(d) Marie's devotion is slippery and tenuous.

3. Why does everyone seem wary of King's new car?
(a) June had left him the life insurance to care for his family, not buy a car.
(b) It was disrespectful of King to buy a new car so soon after his mother's death.
(c) It was paid for by June's life insurance, and too much like June herself.
(d) It was dangerous to ride in, like June's car.

4. Marie's vision of herself stops her from running away because:
(a) She believes running away would be a sin.
(b) She believes Leopolda is sorry for what she did to Marie.
(c) She believes God is telling her to forgive Leopolda.
(d) She believes she will be a saint and Leopolda will have to worship her.

5. When Nector compares himself to a fish failing to breathe in an airless space, this comparison reflects:
(a) The idea that Marie is suffocating him.
(b) Nector's declaration that Marie forced him to be with her.
(c) The idea that Nector does not belong with Marie.
(d) Nector's idea that Marie has.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Albertine feel the government's policy of allotment was a joke?

2. Leopolda strikes Marie with the oak pole because:

3. Comparing the size of her ignorance to the length of the sky, Marie attempts to convey that:

4. How has Grandpa Kashpaw changed since Albertine last saw him?

5. Rushes Bear disowns Nector after the birth of his child because:

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