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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. How old is Frenchie?
(a) 22.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

2. Wab tells the group that she saw how many men in the woods, one of whom she knew?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

3. How many months before the novel's opening did Frenchie's mother die?
(a) A dozen.
(b) One half.
(c) A few.
(d) Five.

4. What kind of item do truant officers use to communicate without words?
(a) An airhorn.
(b) A radio.
(c) A kazoo.
(d) A whistle.

5. The only other adult in Frenchie's new group besides Miigwan is which character?
(a) Jean.
(b) Minerva.
(c) Rose.
(d) Chi-Boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The phrase "a plague of madness" (44) was applied to what condition when the condition first emerged?

2. How tall is the fence that surrounds the location called Four Winds?

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

4. What kinds of objects does Frenchie observe Minerva cleaning and storing for a mysterious purpose?

5. Which character asks the group a question about the innate goodness or evil of humankind?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Discuss the theme of appearance versus reality and how it appears within the chapter entitled Frenchie's Coming-to Story.

3. 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.

4. What is the significance of the chapter title A Plague of Madness?

5. Discuss Dimaline's use of the dream motif to create a particular mood in the chapter called Haunted in the Bush.

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

7. In what way does the epigraph section of the novel prepare the reader for the text's focus on one particular theme?

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

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

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

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