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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Though Leopolda is dying, Marie's real reason for visiting her is:
(a) To beg Leopolda's forgiveness for her behavior at the convent.
(b) To offer her daughter Zelda up to the convent.
(c) To show Leopolda how far she has come up in the world.
(d) To get help finding Nector.

3. 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 their long-buried passion for one another.
(c) The result of Lulu's effect on men.
(d) The result of Lulu's desire to have one last child.

4. The beads around June's neck are:
(a) The inheritance left to her by her father.
(b) A rosary given to her by the nuns at the convent.
(c) Spirit beads left to her by her mother.
(d) A rosary given to her by the Crees who found her.

5. What responsibilities does Marie keep up in order to distract herself from unhappiness?
(a) She goes out to find her husband and drag him home.
(b) She sells her apples and cleans others' homes.
(c) She cares for the children, cooks, and cleans.
(d) She cooks all the food she can find in the house.

6. When Nector believes he is looking at 14-year-old Marie at the end of the chapter, he is actually looking at:
(a) His daughter.
(b) Lulu.
(c) His mother.
(d) An hallucination.

7. Nector does not notice Marie because:
(a) He is not interested in white girls.
(b) He has just broken up with Lulu Nanapush.
(c) He is preoccupied with the geese.
(d) He is daydreaming about Lulu Nanapush.

8. Though she is heartbroken, Marie says she will not "park herself on the tracks for Nector," which means:
(a) She will not put herself in the way of harm for his happiness.
(b) She will not destroy their truck by leaving it on the train tracks.
(c) She will not leave her husband and children.
(d) She will not give up on herself and fall apart.

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

10. Marie discovers later in her life that the convent:
(a) Was the final stop for difficult nuns.
(b) Was a kind of punishment for nuns who went astray.
(c) Was a part of the government plan to relocate Indians.
(d) Was a place for those who had abandoned the church.

11. Marie smiles when she hears the Dark One in the closet because:
(a) She is nervous about being caught thinking of him.
(b) She has discovered where the other children keep their belongings.
(c) She is delighted that Sister Leopolda will have to deal with him.
(d) She has become attuned to his presence like Sister Leopolda.

12. Marie compares herself to:
(a) A pebble at the shore of a lake gently caressed by the waves.
(b) A pebble at the bottom of a lake ground down by the waves.
(c) A pebble in a still, quiet place.
(d) The black stones of June's abandoned rosary.

13. Albertine's mother does not tell her about June's death because:
(a) She worries that Albertine will forget her studies and come home.
(b) She does not think Albertine will want to know.
(c) She wants to punish Albertine for leaving the reservation.
(d) She knows Albertine hasn't forgiven June for leaving.

14. The line "once they smash there is no way to put them right," describing Albertine's attempt to fix the pies, also suggests:
(a) There are fears among her relatives that she has been ruined like June.
(b) She is a stickler for control.
(c) She has limitations as a baker.
(d) There are relationships beyond repair in her family.

15. 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:
(a) She has some sort of magical powers or witchcraft.
(b) She is efficient and prepares dinner in advance.
(c) She has thrown dinner together without much care.
(d) She is overworked and exhausted.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The fish images in the story imply:

4. June is like Marie in that:

5. Why is Albertine angry at Lipsha when she tries to break up King and Lynette's fight?

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