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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. When Nector believes he is looking at 14-year-old Marie at the end of the chapter, he is actually looking at:
2. When Zelda delivers the letter, what does Marie do?
3. Marie smiles when she hears the Dark One in the closet because:
4. Though she is heartbroken, Marie says she will not "park herself on the tracks for Nector," which means:
5. Though Leopolda is dying, Marie's real reason for visiting her is:
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Lulu interested in Lipsha Morrisey knowing the truth about his parents?
2. Because Nector attended a white school and could no longer remember his past, and Eli was educated by his relatives and still had his wits, what is suggested about white schooling for Native Americans?
3. Why did the author have Zelda find the letter from Nector rather than Marie?
4. The boat and the waves in the chapter represent what different ideas for Marie and Rushes Bear?
5. Describe Marie's relationship with her children, Zelda and Gordie, when they were infants versus now that they are grown.
6. Describe King's behavior in this chapter.
7. Describe the voice of Lyman Lamartine as narrator.
8. What do Nector's allusions to Moby Dick and Ishmael's "great white monster" suggest?
9. Several references in the chapter compare Marie to a fish. What are connotations of these comparisons?
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
Consider the concept of family in Love Medicine. Using characters from the novel as examples, identify the author's definition of family and write an essay clarifying this definition.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
Erdrich often uses animals to symbolize ideas or make connections in her novel. Choose three examples of animals as symbols in Love Medicine, and use them to support a central idea in Erdrich's text. Consider who or what the animals represent, and how Erdrich is using them to communicate a theme or message.
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