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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. How does Pauline get to the middle of the lake?
(a) She walks on water
(b) She swims
(c) She rides the lake monster
(d) Nanapush's boat

2. Who pronounces Pauline white and able to serve in the convent?
(a) The government agent
(b) Father Damien
(c) Sister Anne
(d) God

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

4. What does Bernadette do when her children marry outside her wishes?
(a) Asks Fleur to curse them
(b) Move to town with Marie
(c) Kicks the children off her land
(d) Gets a potion from Moses

5. What does Pauline name her daughter?
(a) Sophie
(b) Marie
(c) Fleur
(d) Lulu

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Nanapush tease Pauline about?

3. Who raises Marie?

4. Who does Father Damien bring to Nanapush's?

5. What does Father Damien want Nanapush to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Fleur gets even following the attack on Nanapush and Margaret.

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

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

4. How does Lulu's decision to run to Nanapush and Margaret show her likeness to her mother?

5. How is Eli successful in getting Fleur to give him affection again?

6. Describe how Nanapush and Margaret are captured by Clarence and Lazarre.

7. What family does the adult Lulu want to marry into? What sort of people are they?

8. What secret does Eli reveal to Nanapush about Fleur and her nighttime activities?

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

10. Describe the transformation Fleur makes after the baby's death.

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