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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nector's experiences with women have:
(a) Been frequent enough to infuriate his wife.
(b) Have led to many broken hearts in his home town.
(c) Been rare and unpleasant.
(d) Come about without much effort on his part.

2. 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 is punishing Leopolda.
(d) She will be a saint someday.

3. To what does Nector compares Marie?
(a) A tree that doubles back and whips singing.
(b) A horse-thieving drunk.
(c) A little girl.
(d) A wounded goose caught in his traps.

4. The sentence "The sun falls down the side of the world and the hill goes dark," suggests:
(a) Nector has made a mistake that will change his life.
(b) Marie will return.
(c) Nector and Marie have changed their minds about each other.
(d) Nector and Marie will not be able to find their way home.

5. The real purpose for Sister Leopolda's long oak pole with the hook at the end is:
(a) Opening closet doors.
(b) Shaking birds' nests from the trees.
(c) Tapping bread loaves in the oven.
(d) Opening high windows.

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

7. The neighborhood gossips come around asking about what?
(a) The information Marie has about their husbands and children.
(b) Why Nector goes into the woods alone with June.
(c) Why June refuses to come to church, though she wears a rosary.
(d) Why Eli spends time at the house and alone in the woods with June.

8. Metaphorically, Marie appeals to Nector because:
(a) She is bitter while all other women have been sweet.
(b) She is part of the whale Ishmael seeks.
(c) He feels he can help heal the wound in her hand.
(d) She is white while others have been Indians.

9. When Marie pours syrup on her hand while thinking of Leopolda, the scene reminds the reader of what?
(a) The wounds of Jesus Christ.
(b) The wound Leopolda inflicted on Marie.
(c) Marie's carelessness.
(d) Marie's self-hatred.

10. Marie struggles with Zelda's growing up because:
(a) She thinks Zelda is still a child and unable to make choices.
(b) She still needs Zelda, but wants her to be free to make choices.
(c) She fears Zelda will choose to go to the convent as an adult.
(d) She fears losing control over Zelda's thoughts and decisions.

11. Leopolda is not impressed by Marie's lifestyle because:
(a) She doesn't believe Marie's stories.
(b) She still feels Marie is under the influence of the Dark One.
(c) She knows Nector is a drunk.
(d) She only values holyness.

12. Marie laughs at Nector when he accuses her of stealing the pillowcase because:
(a) Marie has stolen many things, but not a pillowcase.
(b) The nuns have frequently accused Marie of theft.
(c) Marie plans to return to the convent.
(d) The pillowcase is used as a bandage for a wound a nun inflicted.

13. Rushes Bear admits she has come to stay with Marie because:
(a) Her husband has gotten remarried.
(b) She has nowhere else to go.
(c) She has disowned her other children.
(d) She is about to die.

14. Eli and Nector's partnership works because:
(a) Eli teaches Nector to hunt, and Nector teaches Eli to sell.
(b) Eli catches the geese, but does not want to sell them.
(c) Eli is shy and Nector is outgoing.
(d) Eli is a good hunter and Nector is a good salesman.

15. Rushes Bear disowns Nector after the birth of his child because:
(a) He has behaved selfishly and shamefully.
(b) He has refused to pay for the medicine woman.
(c) He is not home for the birth of his youngest child.
(d) He calls Marie a name.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What interrupts Eli and Marie's exchange in the kitchen?

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

4. Albertine is hardly acknowledged when she arrives at home because:

5. Marie compares herself to:

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