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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 is the name the Ojibway use for the northwind, as explained in Chapter 10?
2. What do they call the box in the basement students at St.Jerome’s are put in for speaking Ojibway or otherwise disobeying?
3. Shabogeesick told his people that the horse spoke to him and told him of a change that will do what to their lives?
4. Where do students of St. Jerome's watch hockey games with Father Leboutilier?
5. Where does Naomi tell Saul they must go to stay with her brother so they do not perish in the cold of Gods Lake?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where is Saul Indian Horse at the start of the novel and what is he supposed to be doing in order to heal?
2. As Saul learns to skate he feels he can perform any move he envisions. How does he relate this to something his grandmother had taught him about the universe?
3. Describe Naomi’s final moments.
4. Why does the family move to Gods Lake in Chapter 5?
5. Who are the Kapuskasing Chiefs and what do they want with the Moose in Chapter 29?
6. What do the students at St. Jerome’s do in Chapter 13 during a rare time with no supervision?
7. Describe Benjamin’s final day.
8. What is Saul’s experience on the White River Falcons in Chapter 23?
9. Who is Fred Kelly and what does he want with Saul in Chapter 24?
10. What is Broom-a-Buck described in Chapter 25?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout the novel several people throw Saul a lifeline. Write an essay about Saul’s lifelines throughout the novel and how they moved the narrative forward.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay outlining Saul’s journey revising his past and its impact on his healing and the overall theme of healing in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
What was the “spectre” that lived in the adults of Saul’s tribe and in what way does this spectre end up living in Saul?
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