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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. Where do the commodities come from?
(a) Father Damien
(b) Argus
(c) The convent
(d) Hoopdance

2. What does Pauline call the people gathered on shore?
(a) Fools
(b) Lost souls
(c) Family
(d) Kingdom of the Damned

3. What does Pukwan bring back to the reservation?
(a) Influenza
(b) Soldiers
(c) Money
(d) Lumberjacks

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

5. Who does Pauline fight on shore?
(a) Napoleon
(b) The lake monster
(c) Fleur
(d) Nanapush

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fleur ask for to stop her bleeding?

2. What do Fleur and Eli know about Pauline?

3. What is Pauline wearing when her boat comes to shore?

4. What does Pauline deny being?

5. Where does Pauline travel in her dreams?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do you think Pauline is happy about the Indians losing their lands?

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

5. Why is Nanapush embarrassed after the attack by Clarence and Lazarre? What does Margaret do to show that she is not mad at Nanapush?

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

7. Describe Pauline's reasons for going to Lake Matchimanito one last time. What is her purpose and who is she waiting for?

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

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

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

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