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

2. Which member of the group is always responsible for sounding an alarm in the case of trouble?
(a) Chi-Boy.
(b) RiRi.
(c) Miigwan.
(d) Minerva.

3. The logos on the truant officers' uniforms are marked Government of what?
(a) Australia.
(b) Canada.
(c) The United States.
(d) Lilliput.

4. Miigwan tells the group about the wars named after which natural resource?
(a) Water.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gravel
(d) Coal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Frenchie's father said that when the family began their journey, they would travel in which direction?

2. For how many weeks is Rose with the group before she settles in?

3. When everyone else in the group has become more relaxed, which character remains stressed?

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

5. Where is Frenchie when he repeats Rose's native word over and over to himself in the chapter called Magic Words?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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