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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 makes Eli Nanapush's relative?
(a) Eli marries Fleur
(b) Eli is Nanapush's son
(c) Nanapush adopts him
(d) Killing the moose

2. What does Fleur ask for to stop her bleeding?
(a) Alder
(b) Rags
(c) Moss
(d) Tree bark

3. What does Pauline use to kill Napoleon?
(a) Her rosary beads
(b) A knife
(c) A rock
(d) She drowns him

4. What does Margaret suggest as a means to save the Pillager land?
(a) Working for the lumberjacks
(b) Capturing the lake man
(c) Selling cranberry bark to a tonic dealer
(d) Selling Nanapush's land

5. Who is Pauline waiting for on the water?
(a) Eli
(b) Sophie
(c) The lake monster
(d) Fleur

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nanapush save for Margaret?

2. What does Bernadette do to help Pauline's baby be born?

3. What does Pauline think God tells her to do?

4. What does Pauline call the people gathered on shore?

5. How does Eli transport the moose meat back to Nanapush's?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe what happens when Fleur and Pauline leave the cabin with the dead baby.

2. What significance is there to Pauline shedding skin every time her bandages are changed?

3. Describe how Pauline's hands are wounded for the first time.

4. Describe the curing ceremony and the excitement that interrupts it.

5. Name the unusual penances Pauline imposes on herself. Why does she do these things to herself?

6. Describe the reception the Pillagers give Pauline.

7. Describe what happens when Fleur's baby tries to come early.

8. Why does Pauline panic when she and Fleur travel to the land of the dead?

9. How does Pauline feel about Christ at the start of the chapter?

10. Describe the man who comes to Pauline's room and their resulting conversation.

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