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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is said to cause Lazarre to talk backwards?

2. How are Bernadette and Napoleon related?

3. Who cares for Fleur when she comes back?

4. What do people say caused the trouble in the village?

5. What item is given to non-Christians?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the relationship between Fleur and Nanapush.

2. Describe the storm that flattens most of Argus.

3. Pauline is intrigued by Fleur's effect on men from the first time they meet. How does Pauline interact with men?

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

5. Describe what happens to the men who rescue Fleur from drowning.

6. Why does Nanapush refuse to give his name to Father Damien, the Captain or the government agent?

7. Discuss why Pauline is drawn to Fleur when the meet in Argus.

8. What is the town of Argus like?

9. What is Nanapush's impression of Pauline?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the degradation of the land by the lumberjacks. How is their rape of the land symbolic?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Pauline's image of herself as a martyr. Are her feelings justified? If so, by what? Is Pauline suffering from delusions of grandeur? Is Pauline suffering from delusions of grandeur? Support your position with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the turn of events that allows Pauline to enter the convent and causes Fleur to lose her family land. Is this a case of white ways vs. Indian ways? What does the situation say about the treatment of Indians by whites?

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