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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. In which direction does the group head when the chapter called The Four Winds begins?
(a) North.
(b) West.
(c) Southeast.
(d) Northwest.

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

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

4. How does Rose respond after Frenchie tests the fence for electrical current himself?
(a) She hugs him.
(b) She smiles at him.
(c) She shoves him.
(d) She presses her thumb into his palm.

5. Which character asks Wab if the familiar man she observed in the woods had been the one to cut her face open?
(a) Tree.
(b) Minerva.
(c) Chi-Boy.
(d) RiRi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people in total are part of the group once Frenchie joins it in the chapter called The Fire?

3. How old is Frenchie?

4. How many people within Frenchie's new group are related by blood?

5. What kind of item do truant officers use to communicate without words?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. With which character does Frenchie begin to spend more time in the chapter called Haunted in the Bush?

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

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

7. Describe the central metaphor of the novel The Marrow Thieves.

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

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

10. 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.

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