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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 Veronique do when the other women gang up on her?

2. Where does Pelajia tell her sister that she wants to go?

3. What important event does Marie-Adele have planned in Toronto around the time of the big bingo game?

4. What game does Pelajia want to win the grand prize in?

5. Who watches Gazelle Nataways' children when she goes off with Big Joey?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Annie come to ask Philomena for at the end of the play? Why does she want it and why do the women tease her?

2. What is the women's reaction to the news about the biggest bingo game? What does Emily Dictionary specifically want to do if she wins?

3. Describe the encounter between Marie-Adele and Nanabush at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2.

4. What does Veronique say that she will do with her bingo winnings?

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

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

7. Describe the anticipation of the women for the biggest bingo game in the world.

8. During Act 1, Scene3, Part 2, Emily Dictionary does a lot of teasing. Who does she specifically pick on and what does she tease them about?

9. What is Emily Dictionary's accusation of Veronique regarding Zhaboonigan? How does the woman respond?

10. Who did Philomena have a child with and what happened to it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This play seems to center around the game of bingo. Describe the role of bingo in this play. What is the importance of the game of bingo? Why are the characters so obsessed with winning the big prize in bingo? What does bingo mean for the women in the play? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the different structural elements executed in the play and what they do for the play as a whole. What lighting or sound changes occur and what prompts them? Are they necessary in the play? What is the author's purpose in using them? Also, discuss the montage scene in Act 2. Answer the previous questions about this scene. What do these structures do for the play as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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