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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 the chapter entitled A Plague of Madness, Frenchie describes what type of animal visiting him in his dreams?
(a) An eagle.
(b) A moose.
(c) A bear.
(d) An elk.

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

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

4. Which character joins the group soon after Frenchie does in the chapter called Story Part One?
(a) Wab.
(b) Rose.
(c) Tree.
(d) Chi-Boy.

5. Frenchie remarks that sleeping inside has caused him to dream about which character?
(a) His mother.
(b) His father.
(c) Mitch.
(d) Rose.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Miigwan tells the group about the wars named after which natural resource?

4. The members of Miigwan's group all develop a nasty cough at the beginning of which season?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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