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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 F. suggest to the narrator in Chapter 12 of "A History of Them All"?
2. Who does the narrator relate his own mindset to in Chapter 35 of "A History of Them All"?
3. What does F. do with the narrator the night Edith dies?
4. What does the narrator think about to distract himself from his depressing reading in Chapter 12 of "A History of Them All"?
5. What plan does F. use to lose weight and gain muscle in Chapter 29 of "A History of Them All"?
Short Essay Questions
1. The novel was written in the 1960s. How do the contents of the novel relate to that time?
2. How does the uncle feel about his tribe by the middle of the novel?
3. What motivates the narrator to turn to Catherine Tekakwitha when he is in agony over the deaths of F. and Edith?
4. What does the narrator remember about Edith in Chapter 7 of "The History of Them All"?
5. What has happened to the condition of the narrator by Chapter 25 in "The History of Them All"?
6. Who is Charles Axis?
7. What does the narrator pray to god for in Chapter 13 of "The History of Them All"?
8. What happened to the narrator at school when he was a child?
9. What happens when the narrator and F. drive to Ottawa?
10. What does the narrator burn himself with repeatedly in Chapter 24 of "A History of Them All"? Why is it significant?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the disruption that Catherine's conversion to Catholicism and the spilling of red wine bring among the Jesuits and members of the A---- tribe.
Essay Topic 2
Explain why Cohen decides to use the female private part of Mary Voolnd as a means of communication between the living and the dead.
Essay Topic 3
Compare and contrast the intimacy of F. and Edith and the intimacy of the men and women of the tribe.
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