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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 character is about to test the fence around Four Winds for electrical current when Frenchie steps in instead?

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

3. Wab tells the group that she saw how many men in the woods, one of whom she knew?

4. For how many weeks is Rose with the group before she settles in?

5. When Frenchie asks the cause of death for Minerva's family member, what malady do the twins name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the symbolism of the whistle featured in the opening chapters of The Marrow Thieves?

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

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

5. 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.

6. For what reason is Frenchie already familiar with Miigwan's name before they meet in Frenchie's Coming-to Story?

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

8. What kinds of ineffective coping methods does Miigwan discuss in the chapter entitled Story: Part One? Name three.

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

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

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

How is the theme of injustice portrayed within The Marrow Thieves? Examine Dimaline's treatment of and messages regarding injustice throughout the work.

Essay Topic 3

Would Dimaline’s novel The Marrow Thieves be classified as a dystopian novel? Why or why not?

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