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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. Frenchie recalls his parents sending him, along with his brother, to live near Lake Huron with which of the boys' relatives?
(a) Aunt.
(b) Cousin.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Grandfather.

2. Which character runs off with RiRi after another character has just tried to choke her?
(a) Travis.
(b) Miigwan.
(c) Lincoln.
(d) Tree.

3. When the chapter entitled Finding Direction begins, Frenchie reveals that he has learned a lesson from whose story?
(a) Wab's.
(b) Miigwan's.
(c) Chi-Boy's.
(d) Minerva's.

4. In what type of structure are Rose and Frenchie spending time when they hear someone singing?
(a) A sweat lodge.
(b) A canoe.
(c) A tent.
(d) A houseboat.

5. Which character is singing when Rose and Frenchie hear him in the chapter called Loss?
(a) Miigwan.
(b) Tree.
(c) Slopper.
(d) Chi-Boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter called The Miracle of Minerva, it is revealed that Minerva performed what action continuously throughout the drive to the boarding school?

2. When The Potential of Change begins, it is which day of constant snow?

3. With which character's death is the pink boot associated?

4. Miigwan tells the group that Isaac had been unafraid of the rumors concerning which elements?

5. Which character recognizes Wab when they encounter one another in the chapter called The Other Indians?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does Dimaline use sensory details to indicate the presence or lack of safety in the narrative?

2. What two goals does Frenchie name during his conversation with Miigwan at the end of the chapter called Loss?

3. Discuss a clue that points to a burgeoning romance between Chi-Boy and Wab.

4. What method does Dimaline use to remind the reader that while Frenchie faces many adult problems, he is still only a teenager?

5. In what way does the scene involving the ceremonial jingles in Rigarou Comes Hunting connect with the novel's epigraph section?

6. At what moment do Miigwan and his group figure out that Travis and Lincoln are not their allies?

7. Before hearing Miigwan's Coming-To Story, what two elements did Frenchie think were the worst possibilities in life?

8. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Frenchie has signs of PTSD as a result of his past experiences.

9. How many languages does Isaac speak and what are they?

10. How does Frenchie come to unite with one of his family members in the chapter called Found?

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