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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. Where was Fantan from?
2. What name was She Know the Bear given after the priests came?
3. What will Polly Elizabeth and Fantan do now that everything Mauser owned will be sold at auction?
4. How often does Mauser start going to mass in "His Comeuppance"?
5. When Mauser fell off a scaffold once, how far from the ground was he caught by a belt?
Short Essay Questions
1. How do Mauser's fortunes start to fail?
2. What does Nanapush think about happiness?
3. What does Nanapush do to try to explain why there is a hole in Margaret's linoleum?
4. How is Fleur in Mauser's presence?
5. What change does Polly Elizabeth see in Mauser in "His Comeuppance"?
6. What sign does Polly Elizabeth see in "His Comeuppance" that something is wrong with John II?
7. How does Margaret gather the materials for her dress?
8. How is the moose killed for Margaret's dress?
9. How does Nanapush describe Shesheeb in Chapter 11?
10. What are Polly Elizabeth and Fantan's plans in Chapter 12?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in Four Souls? How do these points of view and the different narrators influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand the characters?
Essay Topic 2
Nanapush is jealous. Why is Nanapush jealous of Shesheeb? How does Margaret incite his jealousy and why?
Essay Topic 3
In Four Souls, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?
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