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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. Why do people laugh at Veronique's daughter?
(a) Because she is funny.
(b) Because she wears silly clothing.
(c) Because she is ugly.
(d) Because she is different.

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

3. Where are Annie and Marie-Adele going in Act 1, Scene 1?
(a) To the movies.
(b) To the post office.
(c) To the grocery store.
(d) To the record store.

4. What does Annie ask if the women know is true about Gazelle Nataways?
(a) She lost all her money gambling.
(b) She is really a man.
(c) She won the big bingo prize.
(d) She is pregnant.

5. What does Pelajia bang on the table to get everyone's attention?
(a) Her hammer.
(b) Her shoe.
(c) Her pocket knife.
(d) Her fist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What superhero does Pelajia refer to in the beginning of the play?

2. How many biological children does Veronique have?

3. What are Nanabush and Windigo?

4. What is the name of the loose woman who hangs around the strip club?

5. Where is Act 1, Scene 2 set?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pelajia give her hammer to Emily as the women get together to discuss their trip to Toronto?

2. 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?

3. How does Philomena describe her life in Toronto?

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

5. Does Pelajia's first idea for getting the money to travel to Toronto for the big bingo game work? What happens?

6. What do the women in Act 1, Scene 1 say they want to do with their bingo winnings?

7. 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?

8. What does Marie-Adele say that she would do with her bingo winnings?

9. What is the main subject of conversation between the women in Act 1, Scene 1?

10. What happened to Emily's friend from the biker gang? What does Emily resolve not to do because of it?

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