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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Old Shaawano die?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) A car accident.
(c) He’s murdered.
(d) Alcohol poisoning.

2. What is the tree stump where Old Shaawano makes offerings of tobacco?
(a) Birch.
(b) Cedar.
(c) Fir.
(d) Yew.

3. How did Chook’s husband die?
(a) A hiking expedition.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A heart attack.

4. What favor does Chook ask of Bernard?
(a) She asks him to marry her.
(b) She asks him to dig up her husband’s body.
(c) She asks him to investigate her husband’s death.
(d) She asks him to oversee her husband’s will.

5. To which tribe did Faye’s grandmother belong?
(a) Chippewa.
(b) Iroquois.
(c) Ojibwe.
(d) Cherokee.

6. How many children did Anaquot have?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

7. Which plant reminds Faye of her childhood?
(a) Nettles.
(b) Jewelweed.
(c) Poppies.
(d) Roses.

8. Who is Bernard Shaawano’s grandmother?
(a) Fleur.
(b) Shawnee.
(c) Ziigwan’aage.
(d) Anaquot.

9. Who instructs Old Shaawano to begin making a drum?
(a) Bernard.
(b) Anaquot.
(c) Ziigwan’aage
(d) His daughter.

10. What kind of car does Faye drive?
(a) A winnebago.
(b) A cherokee.
(c) A toyota.
(d) A subaru.

11. Why do spirits visit Old Shaawano while he is making the drum?
(a) They are afraid.
(b) They are curious.
(c) They are trying to help.
(d) They are vengeful.

12. Which object does Sarah Tatro feel a particular connection with?
(a) A handmade doll.
(b) A pair of moccasins.
(c) A box of old records.
(d) The painted drum.

13. How does Anaquot describe the absence of love?
(a) A declining fever.
(b) A gradual clarity.
(c) A funeral of the heart.
(d) A windfall of riches.

14. What kind of jam does Faye prepare?
(a) Bilberry.
(b) Strawberry.
(c) Raspberry.
(d) Blackberry.

15. What does Ziigwan’aage call “the food of the dead”?
(a) Mushrooms.
(b) Yew berries.
(c) Salmonberries.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Under the drum’s influence, who does Faye dream of?

2. Why do people come to see the drum?

3. What job does Old Shaawano do to make money?

4. What does Lonny take from near Faye’s garden?

5. What card game does Faye remember playing with her sister?

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