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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 name of Frenchie's brother with whom he has been living in a treehouse for a few days when Frenchie's Coming-to Story opens?
(a) Mark.
(b) Michael.
(c) Mitch.
(d) Matthew.

2. How tall is the fence that surrounds the location called Four Winds?
(a) 14-16 feet.
(b) 6-8 feet.
(c) 10-12 feet.
(d) 5-6 feet.

3. Which characteristic does NOT apply to the character named Miigwan?
(a) He is tall.
(b) He stands with a bent posture.
(c) He wears his hair in a mohawk.
(d) He is short.

4. Tree and Zheegwon tell Frenchie that which member of Minerva's family died one winter?
(a) Uncle.
(b) Stepdaughter.
(c) Daughter.
(d) Adopted son.

5. Frenchie's brother finds a bag containing what type of food?
(a) Chips.
(b) Pretzels.
(c) Cereal.
(d) Popcorn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Rose speak the first time Frenchie realizes that she "has language" (34) she has been learning from Minerva?

2. Which character is NOT featured in the nightmares Frenchie describes in the chapter called Haunted in the Bush?

3. Who tells the story featured in the chapter entitled Story: Part One?

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

5. What type of location is the place called Four Winds featured in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the symbolism of the freezer featured in Wab's Coming-to Story?

2. Provide evidence from the chapter called The Four Winds to prove that Frenchie's group has rites and traditions.

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

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

5. 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.

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

7. In the chapter called Story Part 2, Miigwan continues telling a story he began telling on the night of whose arrival?

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

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

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

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