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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Lulu goes to her bedroom to lay down and "wait," what does this imply?
(a) She knows Beverly will try to leave with Henry Jr.
(b) She is waiting for Beverly to leave.
(c) She knows Beverly will come to her.
(d) She is tired and needs time alone.

2. Who is Nector afraid might have witnessed his tryst with Marie?
(a) Lulu Kashpaw.
(b) His brother Eli.
(c) The nuns at the convent.
(d) Marie's family.

3. How are Marie and Rushes Bear "related" by the end of the story?
(a) They are both lonely, having survived unsuccessful marriages, and care for each other.
(b) They are both willing to overlook Fleur Pillager's interference in their marriages.
(c) The discover that Marie and Nector are cousins.
(d) Marie discovers that Rushes Bear was her mother all along.

4. Leopolda strikes Marie with the oak pole because:
(a) Marie has no confidence in Leopolda.
(b) Marie has been looking through the children's bags.
(c) Marie smiles in class as if she senses the devil's presence.
(d) Marie says she is not afraid of the dark one.

5. What breaks June down into "someone whose shoulders sag when they think no one is looking?"
(a) Her continued failure at marriage.
(b) Her failure at beauty school.
(c) Leaving her son King to run off on her own.
(d) The continued disappointment of her hopes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nector finally feel about the geese he was going to sell?

2. Nector's comparison of wounded animals to "killed saints" is ironic because:

3. Why does everyone seem wary of King's new car?

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

5. The sentence "The sun falls down the side of the world and the hill goes dark," suggests:

(see the answer key)

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