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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marie will not pray because:
(a) She does not want to go to church.
(b) She refuses to be caught begging God.
(c) She doesn't remember the prayers of her childhood.
(d) She keeps her secrets to herself.

2. The fish images in the story imply:
(a) Marie feels
(b) Marie's spirit animal is a fish.
(c) Marie is only at home near the river at her reservation.
(d) Marie's devotion is slippery and tenuous.

3. Nector yells his prayers in church because he believes:
(a) The other people in church need to be reminded of the prayers.
(b) He doesn't mean the prayers unless he yells them.
(c) He only remembers them if he says them loudly.
(d) God is going deaf and cannot hear him otherwise.

4. Though she is heartbroken, Marie says she will not "park herself on the tracks for Nector," which means:
(a) She will not put herself in the way of harm for his happiness.
(b) She will not give up on herself and fall apart.
(c) She will not destroy their truck by leaving it on the train tracks.
(d) She will not leave her husband and children.

5. Eli and Nector's partnership works because:
(a) Eli catches the geese, but does not want to sell them.
(b) Eli is a good hunter and Nector is a good salesman.
(c) Eli teaches Nector to hunt, and Nector teaches Eli to sell.
(d) Eli is shy and Nector is outgoing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What breaks June down into "someone whose shoulders sag when they think no one is looking?"

2. Albertine reminds Henry of:

3. Albertine's mother does not tell her about June's death because:

4. Sister Mary hears Gordie's confession because:

5. Who is Nector afraid might have witnessed his tryst with Marie?

(see the answer key)

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