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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. The Great Lakes became too polluted for use around the same time as which U.S. state slipped underwater?

2. In what type of container did Wab's captors keep her locked as she was tortured and raped for a series of days?

3. In what type of vehicle is Frenchie's brother taken away after he is dragged out of the treehouse?

4. What is the legal name of the character who goes by the nickname of Frenchie?

5. In which direction does the group head when the chapter called The Four Winds begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Discuss Frenchie's paradoxical feelings about the act of remembering.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What explanation do the twins Tree and Zheegwon give for the death of Minerva's son in the chapter called Back Into the Woods?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Dimaline's choice to tell the story of The Marrow Thieves using the first person point-of-view of Frenchie, with the exception of each main character's coming-to story. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Dimaline’s intended effects on the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Dimaline's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of The Marrow Thieves.

Essay Topic 3

How does Dimaline use sensory details in order to strengthen the text’s messages? Discuss at least two passages that include the use of sensory details and pull quotes from these passages to support your claim.

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