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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Albertine is in Fargo because:
(a) She is running away from home.
(b) She wants to see the city.
(c) She is looking for Henry Lamartine.
(d) She is on her way to college.

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

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

5. The trait that will keep Lipsha out of the army is:
(a) His
(b) His father's prison record.
(c) His irregular heartbeat.
(d) His Kashpaw heritage.

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

7. What final image connects Gordie to June's death?
(a) Gordie runs into the woods where he and June used to play as kids.
(b) He ends up in the open fields crying, and she died in an open field.
(c) He ends up crying and she died happily.
(d) Gordie's remorse is ironic because he was abusive to June.

8. While Albertine is changing in the bathroom, Henry:
(a) Feels a desperate need to get home and leaves.
(b) Gets sick and passes out.
(c) Tells her stories through the door.
(d) Has a flashback to Viet Nam.

9. 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.

10. 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.

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

12. The images Lipsha creates of the dandelions at the end of the chapter may also represent:
(a) The
(b) Nector's death.
(c) Marie and Lulu.
(d) Himself.

13. Lulu enters her burning house because:
(a) Lyman is napping inside it.
(b) She wants to save her belongings.
(c) She wants to die inside it.
(d) Lyman is trying to put out the fire.

14. Lipsha thinks his love medicine didn't work because:
(a) He couldn't get the blessing of the priest.
(b) Nector refused to eat the turkey heart.
(c) Nector was destined to be with Lulu.
(d) It was only a deception.

15. Lulu gets restitution for her land because:
(a) She threatens to reveal the fathers of her children.
(b) She manipulates Nector into helping her.
(c) She gains the sympathy of the tribal council.
(d) She demands money in exchange for her home.

Short Answer Questions

1. Marie's statement that "somebody had to put the tears in your eyes" suggests:

2. The knocking in the trunk of the firebird is caused by:

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

4. A symbol of Dot's overwhelming love might be:

5. Lipsha takes the turkey hearts to:

(see the answer keys)

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