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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 date does Marie-Adele's important event in Toronto fall on?

2. Who is actually in disguise as the seagull Marie-Adele is throwing things at?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the names of the sisters introduced in Act 1, Scene 1?

4. During an argument, where does Veronique let out that she saw Emily?

5. What does Zhaboonigan's name mean?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Marie-Adele confess to Pelajia about her husband, Eugene, and their intimate life?

4. What happens when the women get frustrated after they aren't successful at the bingo game?

5. What is Philomena's part in the fight between the women in Act 1, Scene 3, Part 1?

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

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

8. 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?

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

10. What is happening between Emily and Zhaboonigan in Act 2, Scene 8? What kind of relationship do these two characters seem to emulate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

We see an abundance of physical and emotional violence in the play. It almost seems as this is a way of life among the women. Discuss the presence of physical and emotional violence in the play. Who expresses it and for what reason? Does this attitude change? How does the violence affect the women and is it supported? Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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