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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gerry and Dot's baby is like its father even before it is born because it is:
(a) Abusive.
(b) Restless.
(c) Big.
(d) Hungry.

2. The allusion to the story of Jesus Christ when Henry eats his own blood mixed with bread suggests:
(a) Henry believes he will save his people.
(b) Henry was a sacrifice in the Viet Nam war.
(c) Henry does not have a faith any longer.
(d) Henry will be persecuted for his actions in the war.

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

4. Nector's comparison of wounded animals to "killed saints" is ironic because:
(a) Marie wanted Nector to give her the birds.
(b) Nector does not seem to respect the geese.
(c) Marie's goal had been to become the first Indian saint.
(d) Nector does not understand Catholicism.

5. How does Lyman describe the image of himself and Henry in their last photo?
(a) He and Henry smiling in the sun.
(b) Henry's face haunting him from inside the closet door.
(c) His own face out in the sun and Henry's pulled back in the shadows.
(d) Both boys sitting on the bank of the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. Henry shrieks when Albertine touches him because:

2. Three motifs that appear in the chapter are:

3. Why does Albertine feel the government's policy of allotment was a joke?

4. The fish images in the story imply:

5. Albertine is hardly acknowledged when she arrives at home because:

(see the answer key)

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