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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Marie's quiet behavior after the scalding leads the other nuns to believe:
(a) She is humble and docile.
(b) She will be a saint someday.
(c) She is in extreme pain.
(d) She is punishing Leopolda.

3. In what way does Albertine cause her mother's downfall?
(a) She forces her mother to send her to nursing school.
(b) She leaves her children behind in her mother's care.
(c) She causes her mother to leave the reservation.
(d) Her birth forces her mother to work instead of returning to the convent.

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

5. Why does Albertine feel the government's policy of allotment was a joke?
(a) The whites only allotted barren land to Indians.
(b) Most of the Native Americans left reservation land.
(c) Most of the reservation land was sold to whites anyway.
(d) The Native Americans were never allotted land.

Short Answer Questions

1. The real purpose for Sister Leopolda's long oak pole with the hook at the end is:

2. Sister Leopolda's actions characterize her as:

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

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

5. Leopolda strikes Marie with the oak pole because:

(see the answer key)

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