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

2. What does Philomena want to buy with her bingo winnings?

3. Where does Veronique indicate that Marie-Adele is going where she can't take care of her kids?

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

5. What language does Emily remind Annie that she doesn't speak?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Emily and Zhaboonigan at the end of Act 2, Scene 6? Are you surprised by this?

2. What does Emily reveal about her days in San Francisco with a biker gang? What does she say about her friend and what she is angry about?

3. How does Philomena describe her life in Toronto?

4. 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?

5. How does Nanabush appear in the opening of Act 2, Scene 7?

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

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

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 Veronique say that she will do with her bingo winnings?

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

At the beginning of the play, Pelajia talks about dreams for her future, dreams that she can see from the roof of her house. How is the expression "window to a better life" employed in this play? Why do the women yearn for a better life and in what ways can we see them searching for it through this "window?" How is this metaphor employed throughout the rest of the play? Provide examples from the play.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the character or spirit of Nanabush in the play. How is he represented? At what times does he show up during the play? How does he affect the lives of the women? Who can see him and why? Why is he important to the lives of the women? Explain how he is an important element of the play both thematically and structurally. Use examples from the play to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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