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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marie has "beaten" Nector at what he started because:
(a) She gets away before he can return her to the convent.
(b) He finds himself weakened when he intended to overpower her.
(c) She demands the geese from him.
(d) He is not as strong as she is, and she hurts him.

2. Beverly rationalizes his tryst with Lulu after Henry's funeral as:
(a) The result of their long-buried passion for one another.
(b) The result of Lulu's desire to have one last child.
(c) The result of Lulu's effect on men.
(d) The result of two people getting over the grief of loss.

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

4. The conversation between Zelda and Aurelia suggests what?
(a) They understand her reasons for staying away from home.
(b) They are protecting Albertine from the truth.
(c) They don't believe June is dead.
(d) They do not have all the facts regarding June's death.

5. What does June's "birth" from the truck foreshadow?
(a) Her decision to leave Andy.
(b) Her death at the end of the chapter.
(c) Her desire to go home.
(d) Her return to the reservation.

Short Answer Questions

1. The neighborhood gossips come around asking about what?

2. June Kashpaw wanders the streets of Wiliiston, North Dakota because:

3. Eli appeals to June because:

4. Who is Nector afraid might have witnessed his tryst with Marie?

5. Marie's quiet behavior after the scalding leads the other nuns to believe:

(see the answer key)

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