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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. What does Zhaboonigan tell Nanabush when she first sees him?

2. What illness does Marie-Adele have?

3. Where does Annie want to move if she wins at bingo?

4. When Philomena comes running through the store, what is she desperate to use?

5. Whose names does Marie-Adele ask Veronique's daughter to list?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Veronique mad when she arrives at Marie-Adele's house in Act 1, Scene 2?

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

3. What does Veronique tell Marie-Adele is happening in Toronto and what do the women then plan?

4. How does the play end?

5. 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?

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

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

8. 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?

9. What starts the argument between Emily and Veronique in Act 1, Scene 3, Part 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the relationship between mother and child is present in the play and its impact on the play. What mother/child relationships are present in the play? Why is this relationship important to the characters? How does this relationship affect the characters involved and other characters on the outside? Explain your answer using examples from the play.

Essay Topic 2

Women are the main focus in this play while men attain a background or even negative role. Discuss the negative or background role of the men in this play. Why are there no male characters? In what light are the male characters spoken about? What do the views and discussions of the women lead the reader to believe about the male characters in their lives? Include in your discussion the characters of Big Joey, Eugene, Simon, the Chief, Henry, and Fritz the Katz.

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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