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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Frenchie joins up with Miigwan and the others in his group, in which direction do they head?
(a) Southwest.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) Northwest.

2. Which activity does Frenchie describe as both productive and painful?
(a) Reading.
(b) Waking.
(c) Remembering.
(d) Sleeping.

3. Frenchie does NOT mention which reason while discussing the group's slow progress through Four Winds?
(a) Habit.
(b) Fear.
(c) Reverence.
(d) Excitement.

4. Miigwan states in the chapter called A Plague of Madness that Indians and Recruiters are both motivated by what element?
(a) Money.
(b) Survival.
(c) Satisfaction.
(d) Posterity.

5. Frenchie remarks that sleeping inside has caused him to dream about which character?
(a) Rose.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Mitch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Frenchie's body is aching throughout the chapter entitled Frenchie's Coming-to Story?

2. In what type of container did Wab's captors keep her locked as she was tortured and raped for a series of days?

3. For how many days did Wab's captors keep her locked up before she was able to get free?

4. When everyone else in the group has become more relaxed, which character remains stressed?

5. Which member of the group always leads the others, while Chi-Boy always brings up the rear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What explanation do the twins Tree and Zheegwon give for the death of Minerva's son in the chapter called Back Into the Woods?

2. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Frenchie and his brother Mitch are not getting their basic needs met during the time when the novel opens.

3. What kinds of ineffective coping methods does Miigwan discuss in the chapter entitled Story: Part One? Name three.

4. In what ways could The Marrow Thieves be classified as a bildungsroman?

5. When the chapter called A Plague of Madness begins, there has not been a Recruiter sighting for how long?

6. Who joins Miigwan's group soon after Frenchie does and how does Frenchie come to feel about this new member of the group?

7. What is the symbolism of the whistle featured in the opening chapters of The Marrow Thieves?

8. Discuss Frenchie's paradoxical feelings about the act of remembering.

9. For what reason does Dimaline include an allusion to Albert Camus in

10. For what reason is Frenchie already familiar with Miigwan's name before they meet in Frenchie's Coming-to Story?

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