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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grandma Kashpaw shows Lipsha the hiding place for her money because:
(a) She thinks he needs money to buy his way out of the army.
(b) She is indirectly offering him the money.
(c) She is afraid the money will be stolen.
(d) She wants him to help her protect the money.

2. Gerry's most unusual feature is:
(a) His long hair.
(b) His delicate and graceful movements.
(c) His large frame.
(d) His sobriety.

3. Lulu is "reborn" at the end of the chapter because:
(a) She has decided to change her ways.
(b) She cannot take care of herself.
(c) She has the ability to
(d) She has discovered life after death.

4. The knocking in the trunk of the firebird is caused by:
(a) King's belongings in the trunk.
(b) A loose jack in the trunk.
(c) Lipsha's inadequate driving.
(d) Gerry hiding in the trunk.

5. The allusion to the story of Jesus Christ when Henry eats his own blood mixed with bread suggests:
(a) Henry believes he will save his people.
(b) Henry will be persecuted for his actions in the war.
(c) Henry was a sacrifice in the Viet Nam war.
(d) Henry does not have a faith any longer.

6. What is Lipsha's love medicine?
(a) Lipsha will catch two frogs mating and give them to his grandparents.
(b) Lipsha will feed his grandparents the hearts of mated geese to keep them together.
(c) Lipsha will make a necklace of seed pearls that attract metal for his grandfather to wear.
(d) Lipsha will collect nail clippings and burn them as an offering.

7. For what is Lipsha tired of thanking his grandmother?
(a) Saving him from his mother.
(b) Giving him the touch.
(c) Leaving Lulu Lamartine alone.
(d) Giving Nector a second chance.

8. Lulu is interested in Marie because:
(a) She wants to snap her fingers and make Marie disappear.
(b) She believes Marie is gossiping about her.
(c) She wants to join one of the committees Marie organized.
(d) She wants to know what Marie thought during Lulu's affair with Nector.

9. The fact that Lyman cannot keep the positions of the North and South Vietnamese soldiers straight implies:
(a) He doesn't want to know about Henry's experiences in the war.
(b) He doesn't care where Henry went.
(c) Lyman has never been good with geography.
(d) He is not concerned with the details of their war.

10. Sister Mary could be described as:
(a) Kind, sentimental, and impressionable.
(b) Rebellious, homesick, and frustrated.
(c) Efficient, bossy, and overbearing.
(d) Kind, efficient, and capable.

11. Gordie drives to town in order to:
(a) Avoid getting in another fight with June.
(b) Trade a deer for liquor.
(c) Get more bottles of liquor.
(d) Tell people he has seen June.

12. How does Lyman describe the image of himself and Henry in their last photo?
(a) His own face out in the sun and Henry's pulled back in the shadows.
(b) He and Henry smiling in the sun.
(c) Henry's face haunting him from inside the closet door.
(d) Both boys sitting on the bank of the river.

13. When Howard allows the police into the apartment, who does he believe they are there to arrest?
(a) Gerry Nanapush.
(b) Lipsha Morrisey.
(c) His mother, Lynette.
(d) His father, King.

14. A symbol of Dot's overwhelming love might be:
(a) The pile of bones Gerry left in her yard.
(b) Her diligent production of milk for the baby.
(c) Her high, square-shaped belly.
(d) Her grown-out orange hairdo.

15. As a child Lulu discovered:
(a) Dead animals under the leaves in the woods.
(b) A hiding place to escape the government school.
(c) The body of a dead man in the woods.
(d) She was in love with Nector Kashpaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Albertine spends a great deal of time in the bathroom because:

2. Henry's reparation of the car helps him:

3. Henry is never still because:

4. Lipsha believes Nector is having a "second childhood" because:

5. In what way is Lipsha "the only one that's ignorant?"

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