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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. What kinds of objects does Frenchie observe Minerva cleaning and storing for a mysterious purpose?
2. The logos on the truant officers' uniforms are marked Government of what?
3. Which characteristic does NOT apply to the character named Miigwan?
4. Which character asks Wab if the familiar man she observed in the woods had been the one to cut her face open?
5. Dreams are described as getting "caught in the webs woven in your" (19) what?
Short Essay Questions
1. Discuss the theme of appearance versus reality and how it appears within the chapter entitled Frenchie's Coming-to Story.
2. For what reason is Frenchie already familiar with Miigwan's name before they meet in Frenchie's Coming-to Story?
3. For what reason does Dimaline include an allusion to Albert Camus in
4. With which character does Frenchie begin to spend more time in the chapter called Haunted in the Bush?
5. Discuss Frenchie's paradoxical feelings about the act of remembering.
6. What kinds of ineffective coping methods does Miigwan discuss in the chapter entitled Story: Part One? Name three.
7. Describe the central metaphor of the novel The Marrow Thieves.
8. In what way does the epigraph section of the novel prepare the reader for the text's focus on one particular theme?
9. What explanation do the twins Tree and Zheegwon give for the death of Minerva's son in the chapter called Back Into the Woods?
10. What is the symbolism of the freezer featured in Wab's Coming-to Story?
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
Discuss how and why Dimaline instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Marrow Thieves.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Dimaline’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of The Marrow Thieves.
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