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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. Who is Annie's favorite bar band?

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

3. Why does Philomena yell at everyone to be quiet during the argument in Act 1, Scene 3, Part 1?

4. What do the women do simultaneously when they learn of the biggest bingo game in the world?

5. What does Pelajia threaten Emily with when the woman dares her to fight?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Zhaboonigan try to do as Marie-Adele is being led away with Nanabush? Why do you think she tries to do this?

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

4. Who did Philomena have a child with and what happened to it?

5. How does the play end?

6. What does Veronique say that she will do with her bingo winnings?

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

8. Who does Philomena tell a story about at the end of Act 1, Scene 1? What is the story about?

9. How did Emily Dictionary get so tough and learn how to fight?

10. How does Pelajia get the women's attention as they are bantering about the big bingo game? What does she want to get their attention for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the experience at the world's largest bingo game change the women characters in the play? Do they move on from bingo? Does the place of bingo change in their lives? In what other ways do these women change? How does the death of Marie-Adele affect them? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Nanabush is present throughout the play, but only certain characters can see him. Discuss the relationship between Nanabush and the women who can see him. Who acknowledges Nanabush? For what reason? Describe the scenes between these women and Nanabush. What is the purpose of their contact? How does it effect the play? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the play ends. What lesson is left to be learned? What becomes of these women at the end of the play? How does the play end structurally and what meaning does that have? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

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