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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What feeling will not allow Marie to rejoice in her defeat of Leopolda?
2. Nector compares himself to Ishmael from Moby Dick because:
3. Albertine's mother does not tell her about June's death because:
4. The physical obstacle between Nector and Marie arises from:
5. Marie compares herself to:
Short Essay Questions
1. Why don't Marie's plans for Nector's success work out?
2. Describe the voice of Lyman Lamartine as narrator.
3. What effect does the third person limited point of view have on the reader's understanding of characters in the chapter entitled "Lulu's Boys?"
4. Explain Lipsha's fondness for "deuces wild" in poker.
5. When June holds her doorknob in the bathroom stall, the author states, "Her room was locked. And she was ready for him now." In what way does the locked room prepare June for Andy?
6. What is the tone of the meeting between Lulu and Marie at the end of the chapter.
7. Why did the author have Zelda find the letter from Nector rather than Marie?
8. How does Marie make money to keep her family afloat?
9. What does Lipsha decide about death in the chapter?
10. What effect do the sentence fragments have on events in the chapter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Erdrich describes many vehicles throughout the novel, often using them to define characters or lifestyles. Choose 3 characters whose vehicles are described in Love Medicine, and explore their representation of characters of events. What ideas does Erdrich reveal through the vehicles her characters own or drive?
Essay Topic 2
Examine the evidence of pride in the novel. Defend, refute, or qualify the notion that pride is one of the primary vices using at least three examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Essayist Agnes Repplier said, "Humor brings insight and tolerance. Irony brings a deeper and less friendly understanding." Considering Erdrich's use of humor and irony, defend, refute, or qualify Repplier's statement in your essay.
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