1. Nector compares himself to Ishmael from Moby Dick because:
(a) They both have good luck.
(b) They both fail at their quiests.
(c) They are both obsessed with something.
(d) They are both survivors.

2. Why is Albertine angry at Lipsha when she tries to break up King and Lynette's fight?
(a) Lipsha had caused the fight between them.
(b) He told her to break it up herself.
(c) He did not try to help her break up the fight.
(d) He laughed about King and Lynette's fight.

3. What breaks June down into "someone whose shoulders sag when they think no one is looking?"
(a) Her continued failure at marriage.
(b) Her failure at beauty school.
(c) The continued disappointment of her hopes.
(d) Leaving her son King to run off on her own.

4. 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) The idea that Nector does not belong with Marie.
(c) Nector's declaration that Marie forced him to be with her.
(d) Nector's idea that Marie has.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The description of Lulu's work in the kitchen-- filling pots by pointing at them, taking things from the oven that had never been put in--suggests:

2. Nector accuses Marie of forcing him to be with her because:

3. The line "once they smash there is no way to put them right," describing Albertine's attempt to fix the pies, also suggests:

4. The conversation between Zelda and Aurelia suggests what about their personalities?

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

(see the answer key)

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