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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Henry appears to be:
(a) A soldier and a Chippewa.
(b) A soldier her father knew.
(c) A good-looking bus driver.
(d) One of her old family friends.

3. Marie's statement that "somebody had to put the tears in your eyes" suggests:
(a) She wants to hurt Lulu the way Lulu hurt her.
(b) She sees that Lulu had to learn love and loss somehow.
(c) She believes Nector's death has hurt Lulu.
(d) She knows that Lulu's son could not help her put in her eye drops.

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

5. Lipsha takes the turkey hearts to:
(a) Grandma Kashpaw to confess his deception.
(b) Lulu Lamartine.
(c) Old Lady Pillager in exchange for advice.
(d) The mission to be blessed.

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

7. At the hotel, Henry and Albertine sign the register as:
(a) Mr. and Mrs. President Nixon.
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Howdy Doody.
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Whatever
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Lamartine.

8. When Albertine says she "would never know how heavy a ton was unless it fell on [her]" she suggests:
(a) That love can not be measured.
(b) She has not known the same kind of love as Dot and Gerry.
(c) She does not really approve of Dot and Gerry's relationship.
(d) She does not really understand her job.

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

10. The family does not seek help for Henry's depression because:
(a) The veteran's hospital is too far away, and the medicine man thinks Henry is a lost soul.
(b) Henry refuses help from anyone.
(c) The veteran's hospital only medicates patients, and the medicine man wants revenge on Henry's mother.
(d) Henry's mother believes the medicine man is a fake, and they cannot afford the veteran's hospital.

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

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

13. In one sense, the title of the chapter, "A bridge," comes from:
(a) A reflection Henry sees in the pawnshop window.
(b) The bar trick Henry does with knives and glasses.
(c) The trick Albertine does with her barrette in the bus station.
(d) The place where Henry and Albertine met.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Albertine thinks baby Shawn will be as heavy as any truck load because:

2. The trait that will keep Lipsha out of the army is:

3. To drown out the sight and sound of June's ghost, what does Gordie do?

4. Albertine reminds Henry of:

5. Lyman's final act of homage to his brother Henry in the chapter comes when:

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