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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 type of location is the place called Four Winds featured in the novel?
(a) A hospital.
(b) A music venue.
(c) A prison camp.
(d) A resort.

2. 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) Michael.
(b) Mitch.
(c) Mark.
(d) Matthew.

3. After Frenchie finds himself alone, he decides to set off in which direction?
(a) Southwest.
(b) Southeast.
(c) Northeast.
(d) Northwest.

4. The members of Miigwan's group all develop a nasty cough at the beginning of which season?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character is about to test the fence around Four Winds for electrical current when Frenchie steps in instead?

2. In the chapter entitled Story: Part Two, Miigwan continues the story he started telling the night when which character arrived?

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

4. Which character joins the group soon after Frenchie does in the chapter called Story Part One?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

4. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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