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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 disrespectful of King to buy a new car so soon after his mother's death.
(c) It was dangerous to ride in, like June's car.
(d) June had left him the life insurance to care for his family, not buy a car.

3. Comparing the size of her ignorance to the length of the sky, Marie attempts to convey that:
(a) Her ignorance was pure and wide.
(b) Her ignorance was no hindrance to her.
(c) Her ignorance spanned the globe.
(d) Her ignorance was part of her atmosphere.

4. Why does Marie love to go to Mass as a child?
(a) She longs to be a nun.
(b) It is her only opportunity to go into town unchaperoned.
(c) She has a mail-order Catholic soul.
(d) It teaches her about being a saint.

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. Marie's vision of herself stops her from running away because:

2. Leopolda's words "Help me, Marie" before they take the loaves from the oven imply:

3. When Leopolda applies the salve to Marie's burns, Marie sees this as a sign of what?

4. The neighborhood gossips come around asking about what?

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

(see the answer key)

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