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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 appears at the end of Act 1, Scene 2?
2. What does Emily teasingly call Zhaboonigan?
3. What women's group was Emily involved with in San Francisco?
4. How many punches does it take for Emily to knock Big Joey out?
5. What do the women learn is the date for the biggest bingo game in the world?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Veronique's complaints about life on the reservation?
2. What happened to Emily's friend from the biker gang? What does Emily resolve not to do because of it?
3. What is Annie's response to Marie-Adele's fears over what might happen after Marie-Adele's death?
4. How does Emily Dictionary end up with a black eye? How did she defend herself?
5. Why is Veronique mad when she arrives at Marie-Adele's house in Act 1, Scene 2?
6. What is Pelajia's first idea for getting the money to travel to Toronto for the big bingo game? What is her argument for this idea?
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. Why is Pelajia upset with Annie in Act 1, Scene 1? What is Annie's response?
9. What does Marie-Adele say that she would do with her bingo winnings?
10. How does Nanabush appear in the opening of Act 2, Scene 7?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the desires of the women at the beginning of the play. How do the women express their desires and wishes? How do these wishes come about? How do these wishes define their characters? Are the wishes of these women characters fulfilled? Support your reasoning with examples from the play.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the scene of the death of Marie-Adele. How is this event foreshadowed or alluded to in the play? What structural elements are included in this event in the play? What do they mean and what does the author want to express by using them in the story? Why does the author choose a certain point for Marie-Adele's death?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the meaning of the title "The Rez Sisters." Why does the author use the term "rez" in the title? Where else do we see the term "The Rez Sisters" referred to in the play? How does this connect with the title of the story and the story itself? Are any of the women in the play related or sisters? What could the author be trying to portray by calling the women sisters, other than in a familial relationship sense?
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