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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which member of Frenchie's family never came back from the council's last-ditch effort to make their concerns known to the government?
2. The reader learns that the same year people stopped dreaming, which objects snapped?
3. What type of creature does Frenchie decide not to kill in the chapter called Haunted in the Bush?
4. When the narrative opens, Frenchie and his brother have been staying in a treehouse for how many days?
5. When Frenchie joins up with Miigwan and the others in his group, in which direction do they head?
Short Essay Questions
1. With which character does Frenchie begin to spend more time in the chapter called Haunted in the Bush?
2. Describe the central metaphor of the novel The Marrow Thieves.
3. For what reason does Dimaline sometimes include slang and profanity within the narrative?
4. What kinds of ineffective coping methods does Miigwan discuss in the chapter entitled Story: Part One? Name three.
5. Provide evidence from the chapter called The Four Winds to prove that Frenchie's group has rites and traditions.
6. In what way does Dimaline differentiate between Wab and the rest of the group in the chapter entitled A Plague of Madness?
7. What is ironic about the circumstances of Frenchie's father Jean's disappearance?
8. Discuss the theme of appearance versus reality and how it appears within the chapter entitled Frenchie's Coming-to Story.
9. What is the significance of the chapter title A Plague of Madness?
10. For what reason does Dimaline include an allusion to Albert Camus in
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Would Dimaline’s novel The Marrow Thieves be classified as a dystopian novel? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Choose an object from The Marrow Thieves, such as the whistle, the pink boot, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.
Essay Topic 3
Read a lengthy interview with Dimaline. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Dimaline’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of The Marrow Thieves.
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