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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Nector arrives, what does Marie do with the letter?
(a) In her pocket to hide it from the children.
(b) Back under the sugar jar where he left it.
(c) In the bonfire Gordie has made.
(d) Underneath the piles of potatoes she has peeled.

3. Why does Albertine feel the government's policy of allotment was a joke?
(a) Most of the reservation land was sold to whites anyway.
(b) Most of the Native Americans left reservation land.
(c) The Native Americans were never allotted land.
(d) The whites only allotted barren land to Indians.

4. The physical obstacle between Nector and Marie arises from:
(a) The lack of money in their household.
(b) The number of stray children Marie takes in.
(c) Nector's inability to stay home and stay sober.
(d) The lack of food on their table.

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

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

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

8. 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) His mother.
(c) An hallucination.
(d) Lulu.

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

10. What does the description of the woods as shadowy and cold foreshadow?
(a) Marie's giving up on herself.
(b) The death of Leopolda.
(c) The upcoming fight with Zelda.
(d) The discovery that Nector has left her.

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

12. How are Marie and Rushes Bear "related" by the end of the story?
(a) They are both willing to overlook Fleur Pillager's interference in their marriages.
(b) Marie discovers that Rushes Bear was her mother all along.
(c) They are both lonely, having survived unsuccessful marriages, and care for each other.
(d) The discover that Marie and Nector are cousins.

13. What interrupts Eli and Marie's exchange in the kitchen?
(a) Marie has to rock June to sleep.
(b) Nector returns with pockets full of money.
(c) June wakes up and walks into the room.
(d) June calls out from the woods.

14. 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 has become attuned to his presence like Sister Leopolda.
(d) She is delighted that Sister Leopolda will have to deal with him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sister Leopolda's actions characterize her as:

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

3. In what way does Albertine cause her mother's downfall?

4. The real purpose for Sister Leopolda's long oak pole with the hook at the end is:

5. Why does June carry a doorknob in her purse?

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