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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Nector compares himself to a fish failing to breathe in an airless space, this comparison reflects:
(a) The idea that Nector does not belong with Marie.
(b) Nector's idea that Marie has.
(c) Nector's declaration that Marie forced him to be with her.
(d) The idea that Marie is suffocating him.

2. Marie laughs at Nector when he accuses her of stealing the pillowcase because:
(a) Marie plans to return to the convent.
(b) The nuns have frequently accused Marie of theft.
(c) The pillowcase is used as a bandage for a wound a nun inflicted.
(d) Marie has stolen many things, but not a pillowcase.

3. Albertine is hardly acknowledged when she arrives at home because:
(a) She is being punished for June's death.
(b) She is treated coolly by her relatives since moving away.
(c) She ruined her mother's hopes for the convent.
(d) She has interrupted a serious conversation.

4. Nector does not notice Marie because:
(a) He is not interested in white girls.
(b) He is daydreaming about Lulu Nanapush.
(c) He is preoccupied with the geese.
(d) He has just broken up with Lulu Nanapush.

5. Inside the bar, June decides to stay with Andy because:
(a) She doesn't know how she will pay for her drinks.
(b) He wants her to party and she hopes he will be
(c) She really doesn't want to go home.
(d) She hopes he will give her money to pay her expenses, as previous men have done.

Short Answer Questions

1. King's exchange with his wife Lynette suggests what?

2. Why does Albertine think King and Lipsha don't get along?

3. Marie will not pray because:

4. What event forces the final confrontation between Leopolda and Marie?

5. Comparing the size of her ignorance to the length of the sky, Marie attempts to convey that:

(see the answer key)

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