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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. When everyone else in the group has become more relaxed, which character remains stressed?

2. Which member of the group is always responsible for sounding an alarm in the case of trouble?

3. Which member of Frenchie's family once told him about Miigwan's escape from a boarding school?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 2

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Dimaline’s novel The Marrow Thieves. What message is Dimaline sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

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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