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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marie admits that Lipsha was always her favorite after:
(a) Nector chokes to death.
(b) He tells her he has acquired the goose hearts.
(c) Zelda tells Lipsha to go away at the funeral.
(d) He tells her that Nector's love is what keeps his ghost by her side.

2. Henry is never still because:
(a) He is nervous about Albertine watching him.
(b) He is scarred from his experiences as a prisoner of war.
(c) He is upset about leaving his family on the reservation.
(d) He is afraid of the authorities in Fargo.

3. Eli appeals to June because:
(a) He teaches her how to hunt for furs and makes her feel useful.
(b) He drinks and sings wild songs to the children.
(c) She distrusts her own father and wants to replace him.
(d) He is gentle, quiet, and belongs in the woods like she does.

4. Henry's casket bears a Nazi flag because:
(a) He was a deserter in the army.
(b) Beverly brought it as a symbol of their avenged brother killed at boot camp.
(c) Beverly put it there as a symbol of his revenge against Henry.
(d) The men from the veteran's post had put it there.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry and Albertine need each other because:

2. To what does Nector compares Marie?

3. Nector compares himself to Ishmael from Moby Dick because:

4. Three motifs that appear in the chapter are:

5. The sentence "The sun falls down the side of the world and the hill goes dark," suggests:

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