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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. What is the prize for the biggest bingo in the world?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Five hundred thousand dollars.
(c) Five hundred dollars.
(d) Twenty-five hundred dollars.

2. For what purpose does Marie-Adele accuse Veronique of adopting Zhaboonigan?
(a) To get her to do household chores.
(b) To get her disability check.
(c) To show her off.
(d) To keep her husband interested.

3. Which appliance does Veronique complain doesn't work at her house?
(a) Her freezer.
(b) Her stove.
(c) Her microwave.
(d) Her refrigerator.

4. Whose names does Marie-Adele ask Veronique's daughter to list?
(a) The presidents.
(b) The ducks.
(c) Her children's.
(d) The pigs.

5. What does Emily say is the source of her injury?
(a) A "fight."
(b) A "tussle."
(c) An "attack."
(d) A "squabble."

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Veronique's daughter and Marie-Adele talk about picking?

2. How do Pelajia and Philomena describe Annie's daughter?

3. What is the name of the abusive man that Emily used to live with?

4. Who is Annie?

5. What game does Pelajia want to win the grand prize in?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Annie visits Marie-Adele's house, where Veronique is now looking after Marie-Adele's family, what does she want and why?

2. What specific things do the women do in their efforts to raise money for the trip to Toronto?

3. As Pelajia is on her roof in the final scene of the play, she again imagines a better life on the reserve. What role does she say she wish she had and how does she say life would be better because of it?

4. What is the conversation between Emily and Annie while Annie is driving the van to Toronto?

5. Describe the anticipation of the women for the biggest bingo game in the world.

6. How is Zhaboonigan related to Veronique? How did Veronique come to care for the girl?

7. What is happening between Emily and Zhaboonigan in Act 2, Scene 8? What kind of relationship do these two characters seem to emulate?

8. What is Annie's response to Marie-Adele's fears over what might happen after Marie-Adele's death?

9. What are Veronique's complaints about life on the reservation?

10. What does Marie-Adele confess to Pelajia about her husband, Eugene, and their intimate life?

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