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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 understand her job.
(d) She does not really approve of Dot and Gerry's relationship.

2. The mood of the city is:
(a) Fearful and loathsome.
(b) Bustling, dark, and furtive.
(c) Slow, tired, and deserted.
(d) Exciting and giddy.

3. Lyman Lamartine considers himself lucky because:
(a) He does not need money to survive.
(b) His ability to make money extends to his relatives and friends.
(c) He never has to work very hard.
(d) He has always been able to make money easily.

4. Gerry and Dot's baby is like its father even before it is born because it is:
(a) Restless.
(b) Hungry.
(c) Big.
(d) Abusive.

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

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

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

8. The event that ends Lulu and Nector's affair is:
(a) Nector burns down Lulu's house.
(b) Nector won't leave his wife.
(c) Nector is attacked by Lulu's dogs.
(d) Nector signs Lulu's eviction papers.

9. Gerry believes he cannot be held by any prison because:
(a) He is a Chippewa.
(b) He is innocent.
(c) He knows all the
(d) He is fast and sneaky.

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

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

12. Henry's reparation of the car helps him:
(a) Make up for deserting Lyman earlier in the chapter.
(b) Begin to heal by making sense of something broken.
(c) Show his family that he is not as damaged as they think he is.
(d) Earn his keep while living uinder his mother's roof.

13. Albertine reminds Henry of:
(a) A girl he met in a village in Viet Nam who blew herself up.
(b) One of his relatives from the reservation who died in Viet Nam.
(c) The displaced people in Viet Nam traveling with their belongings.
(d) His mother when she was younger.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Gerry's most unusual feature is:

2. For what is Lipsha tired of thanking his grandmother?

3. Lipsha wins the hand of poker because:

4. Lulu believes she cannot cry because:

5. The images Lipsha creates of the dandelions at the end of the chapter may also represent:

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