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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. From whose perspective is the chapter entitled The Way It All Changed narrated?
(a) Miigwan's.
(b) Chi-Boy's.
(c) Wab's.
(d) Frenchie's.

2. Which character strokes Wab's hair while Frenchie observes the two lovers while going unnoticed?
(a) Chi-Boy.
(b) Tree.
(c) Miigwan.
(d) Travis.

3. What type of stew do Travis and Lincoln share with Frenchie's group in the chapter called The Other Indians?
(a) Duck.
(b) Venison.
(c) Mutton.
(d) Rabbit.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The cottage to which Isaac and Miigwan went had been a hunting camp belonging to which member of Isaac's family?

2. What is NOT a quality attributed to the person who takes Frenchie's gun away from him?

3. What type of romantic gesture does Frenchie engage in with Rose in the chapter entitled Loss?

4. In the chapter called Finding Direction, Frenchie learns that loss is a fate worse than what?

5. What sort of food does RiRi find in the lunch pail that lets the group know there are people close by?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the themes of guilt and responsibility arise in relation to Miigwan in the chapter called The Long Stumble?

3. Which character is described as a "dangerous animal" (99) in the chapter called The Other Indians and for what purpose does Dimaline use the metaphor?

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

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

6. What does Frenchie consider to be the worst element of life after he listens to Miigwan's story?

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

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

9. What is revealed to have been the reason for the bandana-wearing group's aggressive approach?

10. What action does Frenchie take for the very first time at the end of the chapter entitled The Way It All Changed?

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