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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. Where does Veronique tell Marie-Adele she has seen Emily Dictionary going?

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

3. What does Gazelle Nataways tell Veronique about bingo?

4. What is Emily Dictionary's real last name?

5. What injury does Emily Dictionary have when the women meet her at the store?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens between the women and Nanabush in Act 2, Scene 6 when the women stop to change their van's flat tire?

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

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

5. 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?

6. 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?

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

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

9. In the van on their way to Toronto, what fears does Marie-Adele express about Annie considering anything should happen to Marie-Adele?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a thematic point in the play, perhaps the most important, that "life should be enjoyed for what it is since death comes too soon and a life spent dreaming is a life wasted." How does this thematic point apply to the play? Where does it come into play? Do the characters learn this point by the end of the play? Why is this point so relevant even to people in real life?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the plight of the women on the reserve. Is life harder for the women? What are their chief complaints? Why would it be harder for women than men? How do these women deal with the hardships of life? Give examples using the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the characters in the play including Pelajia, Philomena, Emily, Annie, Veronique, Zhaboonigan, and Marie-Adele. Who is she and how would you best describe her? What is her backstory? How does it affect her character in the play? What is her role in the play? Does she change or evolve over the course of the play? Why? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

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