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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gordie drives to town in order to:
(a) Tell people he has seen June.
(b) Trade a deer for liquor.
(c) Avoid getting in another fight with June.
(d) Get more bottles of liquor.

2. To drown out the sight and sound of June's ghost, what does Gordie do?
(a) Sits in his car with the radio on.
(b) Drinks as much as he can as fast as he can.
(c) Turns on all the lights and appliances.
(d) Goes back to Uncle Eli's house.

3. After Gordie kills the deer with the crow bar:
(a) He imagines she is blaming him for June's death.
(b) He imagines he has confessed it to the priest.
(c) He imagines he has killed June.
(d) He imagines the deer is accusing him of cowardice.

4. What interrupts Eli and Marie's exchange in the kitchen?
(a) Marie has to rock June to sleep.
(b) June wakes up and walks into the room.
(c) Nector returns with pockets full of money.
(d) June calls out from the woods.

5. Though Leopolda is dying, Marie's real reason for visiting her is:
(a) To offer her daughter Zelda up to the convent.
(b) To show Leopolda how far she has come up in the world.
(c) To get help finding Nector.
(d) To beg Leopolda's forgiveness for her behavior at the convent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sister Mary hears Gordie's confession because:

2. Why does Gordie believe he has brought out June's ghost?

3. When Marie pours syrup on her hand while thinking of Leopolda, the scene reminds the reader of what?

4. How are Marie and Rushes Bear "related" by the end of the story?

5. Sister Mary could be described as:

(see the answer key)

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