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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. What is the legal name of the character who goes by the nickname of Frenchie?
(a) Farnsworth.
(b) French.
(c) Francis.
(d) Falstaff.

2. Which member of Frenchie's family never came back from the council's last-ditch effort to make their concerns known to the government?
(a) His mother.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His father.
(d) His aunt.

3. In the chapter entitled A Plague of Madness, Frenchie describes what type of animal visiting him in his dreams?
(a) A bear.
(b) A moose.
(c) An elk.
(d) An eagle.

4. What type of creature does Frenchie decide not to kill in the chapter called Haunted in the Bush?
(a) A bear.
(b) An elk.
(c) A moose.
(d) A deer.

5. Where is Frenchie when he repeats Rose's native word over and over to himself in the chapter called Magic Words?
(a) In the lake.
(b) In the river.
(c) In bed.
(d) In a tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who explains the nature of dreams in the chapter entitled Fire?

2. The truant officers who hunt Indigenous people in the novel are referred to with what term?

3. How many stories high is the location called Four Winds?

4. To what location does Frenchie go at the end of the chapter entitled A Plague of Madness?

5. Which member of Frenchie's family once told him about Miigwan's escape from a boarding school?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Dimaline sometimes include slang and profanity within the narrative?

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

3. What shared goal is agreed upon by Frenchie and Rose by the end of the chapter entitled Magic Words?

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

5. How does Frenchie explain Minerva's choice to save tin can lids?

6. What is ironic about the circumstances of Frenchie's father Jean's disappearance?

7. In what way does Dimaline differentiate between Wab and the rest of the group in the chapter entitled A Plague of Madness?

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

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

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

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