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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 27, how does Saul say news of tournaments traveled around the reservations?
(a) Indian Instagram.
(b) Moccasin telegraph.
(c) Reservation relay.
(d) Morse code.

2. In Chapter 1, what does Saul say the Ojibway call themselves?
(a) Zhaunagush.
(b) Anishinabeg.
(c) Ojibway.
(d) Aki.

3. What does Saul say St. Jerome’s took from his world?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) The light.
(c) His roots.
(d) His family.

4. What does Saul use for hockey pucks when he starts to teach himself to play in the early mornings after cleaning the rink?
(a) Hardened snow.
(b) Horse poop.
(c) Frozen biscuits.
(d) Rocks.

5. What does Saul use to practice on during the summer months?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Linoleum.
(c) Rubber.
(d) Ice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Ben the morning after he coughs up blood?

2. What animal did Saul’s great-grandfather bring to his people that they had never seen before?

3. Who is the narrator’s father?

4. What is Saul’s grandmother’s name?

5. What does Fred say to Saul after he proves himself on the ice in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the story of Saul’s great-grandfather Shabogeesick and the horse he brought to his people?

2. What praise does Father Leboutilier give to Saul during and after his first game in The White River arena in Chapter 20?

3. Though Father Quinney and Sister Ignacia do not want Saul to play hockey at first, Father Quinney later changes his mind. Why?

4. Why does Naomi say she and Saul must leave Gods Lake and where will they go?

5. Who is Fred Kelly and what does he want with Saul in Chapter 24?

6. Describe Saul’s life after his family leaves the bush in search of the white man’s drink.

7. What does Saul mean by the spectre that lived in all of the adults, particularly his mother?

8. What does Saul vow never to do in front of anyone at St. Jerome’s and how did that make people see him?

9. What is Saul’s experience on the White River Falcons in Chapter 23?

10. How did Saul’s family come to be called Indian Horse?

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