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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leopolda's big key open?
(a) The larder where the food is kept.
(b) The medicine closet where she keeps the salve.
(c) The iron stove.
(d) The closet where the Dark One is hiding.

2. June Kashpaw wanders the streets of Wiliiston, North Dakota because:
(a) She is window shopping.
(b) She is waiting for the noon bus to come and take her home.
(c) She is locked out of her room.
(d) She is waiting for a friend to pick her up.

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

4. Sister Leopolda's actions characterize her as:
(a) Fanatical and obsessive.
(b) Pious and docile.
(c) Loving but strict.
(d) Severe yet reverent.

5. Rushes Bear disowns Nector after the birth of his child because:
(a) He has behaved selfishly and shamefully.
(b) He has refused to pay for the medicine woman.
(c) He is not home for the birth of his youngest child.
(d) He calls Marie a name.

Short Answer Questions

1. The line "once they smash there is no way to put them right," describing Albertine's attempt to fix the pies, also suggests:

2. Marie finally confronts Rushes Bear because:

3. When Nector compares himself to a fish failing to breathe in an airless space, this comparison reflects:

4. Why does June carry a doorknob in her purse?

5. When Marie does not cry out at the pain caused by her wounds or by Nector's restraint, what does this suggest?

(see the answer key)

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