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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 do Fleur and Eli know about Pauline?

2. Who do they bring to the shore to persuade Pauline off the lake?

3. How many children does Sophie's husband already have?

4. What makes Eli Nanapush's relative?

5. What does Pauline call the marks left by the forceps on Marie's head?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe how Nanapush helps Eli hunt.

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

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

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

6. How does the family react to news of the government's fee for their land?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Nanapush's character. Does he change from beginning to end? How? What causes any changes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why you think the story is told from Nanapush and Pauline's points of view. Why is Fleur never given a voice? Why does the reader never hear from Lulu?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the importance of home. Margaret says the Kashpaw place is where people survive and stick together. The Pillager home seems to be plagued by turmoil and death. Why are ther different auras around each home? What do the Native Americans believe about the home and the land on which the home is built?

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