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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 the group always leads the others, while Chi-Boy always brings up the rear?

2. Miigwan answers the question about good and evil by speaking about a piece of literature by which author?

3. How old is Frenchie?

4. How old was Wab when the building in which she and her mother rented a room burned down?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. With which character does Frenchie begin to spend more time in the chapter called Haunted in the Bush?

7. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Frenchie and his brother Mitch are not getting their basic needs met during the time when the novel opens.

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

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

10. For what reason does Dimaline sometimes include slang and profanity within the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Trace the characterization arc of Frenchie’s character throughout the novel The Marrow Thieves. Discuss whether Frenchie is a round or flat character and whether Frenchie is a static or dynamic character.

Essay Topic 3

What is the function of Minerva's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Dimaline in depicting Minerva and include in your discussion the reasons that Dimaline portrays Minerva in these particular ways.

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