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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gives Fleur money to enter the poker game?
(a) Pauline
(b) Russell
(c) Regina
(d) Nanapush

2. What color eyes and skin does Fleur's baby have?
(a) Green eyes and brown skin
(b) Blue eyes and white skin
(c) Brown eyes and brown skin
(d) Brown eyes and white skin

3. What killed a large number of Anishinabe in 1912?
(a) Hay Fever
(b) Crow Indians
(c) The French
(d) Spotted sickness

4. Who does Pauline leave Argus with?
(a) Russell
(b) Dutch James
(c) Bernadette Morrissey
(d) Fleur

5. What is said to cause Lazarre to talk backwards?
(a) He has a speech problem
(b) He is cursed
(c) He is mentally retarded
(d) His tongue is sewn in backwards

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the baby's name?

2. What do the people talk about when Fleur returns?

3. What do people say about Pauline?

4. What does Pauline think attracted Fleur to Argus?

5. Why do some people say they are plagued by bad luck?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Pauline's plan to lure Eli away from Fleur?

2. Describe the storm that flattens most of Argus.

3. Describe how Nanapush saves Moses from the sickness.

4. Describe how Pauline escapes from Argus.

5. Describe how Fleur lives at Matchimanito after Nanapush revives her from the sickness.

6. Why is Pauline so fascinated with Fleur and Eli?

7. What is the town suspicious of when Fleur returns from Argus? What signs do they use to back up the rumors?

8. Explain the relationship between Fleur and Nanapush.

9. Describe what Bernadette does for a living.

10. Describe Eli and how he differs in character from his own family.

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