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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. How many children does Marie-Adele have?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

2. What is Pelajia doing at the beginning of the play?
(a) Sitting on the porch with her sisters.
(b) Cooking dinner for her family.
(c) Dyeing her sister's hair.
(d) Putting shingles on her roof.

3. Who is Annie's favorite bar band?
(a) Josette Mitchell's trio.
(b) Louie's Big Band.
(c) Fritz the Katz.
(d) Joey and the Alley Cats.

4. What does Veronique do when the other women gang up on her?
(a) Cries.
(b) Swings at them.
(c) Calls them a name.
(d) Goes home.

5. Who does Philomena wonder would most want to know the information about Gazelle Nataways?
(a) Pelajia Moosetail.
(b) Veronique St. Pierre.
(c) Marie-Adele Starblanket.
(d) Emily Dictionary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Philomena tell Emily that she should respect Veronique?

2. What does Emily teasingly call Zhaboonigan?

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

4. Why does Zhaboonigan run from the store during the women's argument?

5. What is Nanabush in the form of during his encounter with Zhaboonigan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What semi-serious plan do the three women: Pelajia, Philomena, and Annie, hatch while they are talking about bingo and prizes?

2. What happens in the encounter between Zhaboonigan and Nanabush in Act 1, Scene 3, Part 1?

3. What happens when the women get frustrated after they aren't successful at the bingo game?

4. In the beginning of Act 1, Scene 3, Part 1, what does Annie tell Emily she was not able to find out? What do they resolve to do?

5. What do we learn about the character of Marie-Adele in Act 1, Scene 2?

6. What is the women's reaction to the news about the biggest bingo game? What does Emily Dictionary specifically want to do if she wins?

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

8. What does Pelajia comment to her sister, Philomena, about bingo and the old ways?

9. As the women meet to try and plan their trip to Toronto and the biggest bingo game, what do they argue about?

10. What is Nanabush's role in the scene as the women meet to plan their trip to Toronto?

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