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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Beverly "Hat" Lamartine has many nicknames because:
(a) He builds up his muscles.
(b) He feels that people consider his name feminine.
(c) He always wears a hat.
(d) He has lived many places.

3. In observing Lulu's close-knit sons, Beverly is reminded of the fact that:
(a) Henry Jr. might be his.
(b) Lulu came between him and his brother Henry.
(c) One of his own brothers was killed in combat.
(d) Henry hadn't spoken to him in seven years.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The precise timing necessary for Nector and Lulu's routine suggests:

3. Like Marie in the previous chapter, Nector compares himself to:

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

5. When Lulu goes to her bedroom to lay down and "wait," what does this imply?

(see the answer key)

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