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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The precise timing necessary for Nector and Lulu's routine suggests:
(a) Lulu and Nector are bored with one another.
(b) Being with Lulu, as a wife and mother, is not so different from being with Marie.
(c) Being with Lulu is exhausting for Nector because she is a perfectionist.
(d) Lulu and Nector are afraid of getting caught.

2. Why does Marie love to go to Mass as a child?
(a) It is her only opportunity to go into town unchaperoned.
(b) It teaches her about being a saint.
(c) She longs to be a nun.
(d) She has a mail-order Catholic soul.

3. In observing Lulu's close-knit sons, Beverly is reminded of the fact that:
(a) Henry Jr. might be his.
(b) Henry hadn't spoken to him in seven years.
(c) One of his own brothers was killed in combat.
(d) Lulu came between him and his brother Henry.

4. Who is Nector afraid might have witnessed his tryst with Marie?
(a) Marie's family.
(b) The nuns at the convent.
(c) Lulu Kashpaw.
(d) His brother Eli.

5. Sister Leopolda's actions characterize her as:
(a) Severe yet reverent.
(b) Fanatical and obsessive.
(c) Loving but strict.
(d) Pious and docile.

Short Answer Questions

1. The fading tattoo on Beverly's arm is:

2. Leopolda's words "Help me, Marie" before they take the loaves from the oven imply:

3. June was raised by:

4. The description of Lulu's work in the kitchen-- filling pots by pointing at them, taking things from the oven that had never been put in--suggests:

5. The conversation between Zelda and Aurelia suggests what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Gerry and his unborn child have in common?

2. Aside from good and evil, what other conflicting forces is Marie struggling with?

3. Describe the character of Sister Mary Martin de Porres.

4. Describe Lipsha's relationship with his grandparents.

5. Albertine's pun on the chapter title "Patient Abuse" in her nursing textbook implies what two ideas?

6. What effect do the sentence fragments have on events in the chapter?

7. Explain the symbol of the weigh station.

8. How does Erdrich describe Gordie's limited perception of reality (caused by his drunkenness)?

9. Why is Lulu interested in Lipsha Morrisey knowing the truth about his parents?

10. What do Howard Kashpaw's actions reveal?

(see the answer keys)

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