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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pelajia hand her hammer away to another character during the meeting?
(a) So that character can work while she's at the meeting.
(b) So that character can conduct the meeting.
(c) Because she is too tired to hold it anymore.
(d) Because that character has asked to borrow it.

2. What is the main point of the eulogy for Marie-Adele?
(a) To get off of the reserve before you die.
(b) To have a large family and husband.
(c) To never stop wishing for greater things.
(d) To make the most of your life right now.

3. Who was in the motorcycle gang with Emily?
(a) Philomena.
(b) Annie.
(c) Gazelle.
(d) Rose.

4. What was the name of Emily's motorcycle gang?
(a) The Tough Sparrows.
(b) The Angry Fists.
(c) The Rez Sisters.
(d) The Righteous Women.

5. What is the reason that Emily says she will never go back to San Francisco?
(a) She doesn't like big cities.
(b) An outstanding warrant.
(c) Rose's death.
(d) Her mother lives there.

6. What does Pelajia reassure Marie-Adele about her husband?
(a) That he will find a wife after she is gone.
(b) That he is not cheating.
(c) That he loves her.
(d) That he will take care of the children.

7. When Zhaboonigan interrupts the women in the vehicle on the way to Toronto, what does she say?
(a) She likes birds.
(b) She needs to pee.
(c) She can't wait to see Toronto.
(d) She doesn't like fighting.

8. What does Marie-Adele confess to Pelajia about her husband?
(a) He is cheating on her.
(b) She hasn't told him about her cancer.
(c) She thinks he is unattractive.
(d) It's hard to resist his advances.

9. Who tells the first driver of the vehicle to slow down?
(a) Marie-Adele.
(b) Philomena.
(c) Emily.
(d) Annie.

10. What does Marie-Adele promise she will do after death if Annie disrupts Marie-Adele's family?
(a) Watch her.
(b) Haunt her.
(c) Bless her.
(d) Kill her.

11. What happened to Philomena's child?
(a) She sent it to live with its father.
(b) She gave it up for adoption.
(c) He is living with his grandparents.
(d) He died during infancy.

12. What does Annie do when she gets angry at Marie-Adele on the way to Toronto?
(a) Gets out of the car.
(b) Curses at her.
(c) Hits her with a hammer.
(d) Swerves the vehicle.

13. Which of the following is NOT one of the things the women argue about concerning going to Toronto?
(a) What they're going to eat.
(b) Who's going to drive.
(c) Who will watch the children.
(d) How they will pay for groceries.

14. Who does Pelajia hand her hammer to during the women's meeting?
(a) Veronique.
(b) Annie.
(c) Emily.
(d) Marie-Adele.

15. Where does Emily promise that she will take Zhaboonigan sometime?
(a) New York.
(b) Niagara Falls.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Halifax.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women say after they are unsuccessful in the bingo game?

2. What does Pelajia indicate that will be with her until death?

3. What does Nanabush appear disguised as in Act 2, Scene 6?

4. In Act 2, we see the women in a montage of scenes desperately trying to do what?

5. Who bakes pies to raise money for the trip?

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