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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sister Mary hears Gordie's confession because:
(a) She knows he has murdered his wife.
(b) He believes she is a priest.
(c) She can tell that he is weeping.
(d) She can tell that he hasn't really killed anyone.

2. Albertine thinks baby Shawn will be as heavy as any truck load because:
(a) She is being weighed on a heavy scale.
(b) She is being weighed in one of her heavy knit suits.
(c) She is so full of life and energy from both her parents.
(d) She has two very large parents.

3. Henry and Albertine need each other because:
(a) They don't have enough money to survive on their own.
(b) They are both estranged from their families.
(c) They don't get along with anyone else.
(d) They are both running away and lost.

4. Lipsha believes Nector is having a "second childhood" because:
(a) Nector just wants to think and act like a child.
(b) Nector wants to pretend he doesn't understand the adult world anymore.
(c) Nector has simply slipped into old age.
(d) Nector has chosen to retreat inside himself in order to think.

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

6. Lipsha regrets signing up for the army because:
(a) He doesn't want to be like the old veterans that get drunk in the hotel.
(b) He doesn't want to be like King.
(c) He wants to meet his father.
(d) He wants to go back to the reservation.

7. Three motifs that appear in the chapter are:
(a) Water, brotherhood, and girls.
(b) The weather, darkness, and water.
(c) Money, water, and blood.
(d) The weather, darkness, and cars.

8. Lulu uses the term "dreamstuff" to describe:
(a) False longing or foolishness.
(b) Unattainable dreams.
(c) Passion and lust.
(d) Anything worth hoping for.

9. When Albertine suggests that for Gerry "it was perhaps the very first time in his life he had something to run for," the 'something' she refers to is:
(a) A new motorcycle.
(b) Dot and the baby.
(c) Freedom from prison.
(d) A place to hide with Dot.

10. The cold weather that drives Henry and Lyman back to the reservation after their visit to Alaska foreshadows:
(a) An unfortunate event is waiting for them at home.
(b) Their fun trip is over.
(c) Lyman's last chance to travel off the reservation.
(d) Winter is approaching.

11. Lipsha is visiting King and Lynette because:
(a) He wants information about Gerry Nanapush.
(b) He wants to admit he was never a Kashpaw.
(c) He wants King to admit they are brothers.
(d) He wants to claim King's firebird.

12. Lulu believes she cannot cry because:
(a) She has been afraid to cry since she was a child.
(b) She doesn't understand why anyone cries.
(c) She doesn't actually love anyone other than herself.
(d) She used up all of her tears crying as a child.

13. Albertine spends a great deal of time in the bathroom because:
(a) She wants to be alone after the long ride into the city.
(b) She is cleaning herself up for Henry.
(c) She is afraid to come out and face Henry.
(d) She is trying to find an escape through the window.

14. Lulu learns of Nector's death when:
(a) Lyman tells her about it.
(b) Nector chokes on the turkey heart.
(c) Marie visits her.
(d) Lipsha visits her.

15. To drown out the sight and sound of June's ghost, what does Gordie do?
(a) Drinks as much as he can as fast as he can.
(b) Sits in his car with the radio on.
(c) Goes back to Uncle Eli's house.
(d) Turns on all the lights and appliances.

Short Answer Questions

1. Albertine and Dot's initial conflict arises because:

2. While Albertine is changing in the bathroom, Henry:

3. Henry continues to tell himself to "advise restraint" throughout the evening in order to:

4. Gerry and Dot's baby is like its father even before it is born because it is:

5. Gerry accepts:

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