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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 does Nanapush do for Eli to find his way home?

2. What does Pauline use to kill Napoleon?

3. What do Fleur and Eli know about Pauline?

4. What saves the Pillagers from dying?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Nanapush try to save Pauline just as he saved Fleur and Lulu?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe how Nanapush helps Eli hunt.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Native American way of marrying. What is required for a man and woman to be considered husband and wife? Are there laws regarding how many wives a man may take? Why does Father Damien object so strongly to Nanapush's relationship with Margaret?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Eli hunting the moose and Nanapush's "help." What sort of help does Nanapush offer Eli? How is this help similar to the help Nanapush gave Eli while trying to court Fleur?

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