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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. What is the baby's name?
(a) Lulu Nanapush
(b) Fleur Nanapush
(c) Lulu Kashpaw
(d) Lulu Fleur

2. What happens the day after Fleur is attacked?
(a) Dutch comes up missing
(b) A tornado flattens Argus
(c) A fire burns the meat market
(d) There is a blizzard.

3. Who owns the butcher shop where Fleur works?
(a) Dutch and Regina
(b) Lily and Tor
(c) Pete and Fritzie
(d) Russell and Regina

4. What does Margaret throw into the lake on her way to the Pillagers?
(a) Coins
(b) Herbs
(c) Tobacco
(d) Meat

5. What is the only thing that lasts life to life?
(a) Money
(b) Land
(c) Love
(d) Family

Short Answer Questions

1. How many days do people travel the death road?

2. What is Nanapush's daughter's nickname?

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

4. How much does Fleur win during the first week of poker?

5. What is wrong with the bear?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the ritual of burying the dead and sitting over them.

2. Discuss Pukwan Sr.'s fear and frustration at Fleur's cabin.

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

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

5. Discuss Fleur's drowning and her association with the water man.

6. Discuss the bear that appears when Lulu is born.

7. Describe how Nanapush saves Moses from the sickness.

8. How does Nanapush's speech to Lulu about the things he has seen and done in his life encompass the entire history of the Native American? (1st full paragraph on page 2)

9. Describe what Bernadette does for a living.

10. Who is Margaret and what role does she begin to play in the story?

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