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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Nector compares himself to Ishmael from Moby Dick because:
(a) They both have good luck.
(b) They are both survivors.
(c) They are both obsessed with something.
(d) They both fail at their quiests.

2. What does Nector finally feel about the geese he was going to sell?
(a) He feels they might work to his advantage.
(b) He feels they might help solve his money problems.
(c) He feels they should not have been killed.
(d) He feels they are a burden to him now.

3. What feeling will not allow Marie to rejoice in her defeat of Leopolda?
(a) Pride.
(b) Fury.
(c) Terror.
(d) Pity.

4. What does June's "birth" from the truck foreshadow?
(a) Her decision to leave Andy.
(b) Her desire to go home.
(c) Her return to the reservation.
(d) Her death at the end of the chapter.

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

6. An accurate description of Lulu's boys would be:
(a) Bloodthirsty, handsome, and as alike as brothers could be.
(b) Loyal, handsome, and very different.
(c) Bloodthirsty, rangy, and very different.
(d) Loyal, quiet, and studious.

7. 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.

8. June is like Marie in that:
(a) She belongs in the woods with Eli.
(b) She is tough, distrustful, and unwilling to show vulnerability.
(c) She comes from the dirty Lazarres and wants to prove herself.
(d) She is lonely, depressed, and wants to find a way out.

9. Beverly "Hat" Lamartine has many nicknames because:
(a) He builds up his muscles.
(b) He has lived many places.
(c) He feels that people consider his name feminine.
(d) He always wears a hat.

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

11. June was raised by:
(a) Lulu Lamartine.
(b) Gordie Kashpaw.
(c) Great-uncle Eli Kashpaw.
(d) Marie Lazarre.

12. Marie smiles when she hears the Dark One in the closet because:
(a) She is nervous about being caught thinking of him.
(b) She has become attuned to his presence like Sister Leopolda.
(c) She has discovered where the other children keep their belongings.
(d) She is delighted that Sister Leopolda will have to deal with him.

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

14. Like Marie in the previous chapter, Nector compares himself to:
(a) A stone being worn down by water.
(b) Lost in a dream.
(c) His mother.
(d) Discarded rosary beads.

15. Henry's casket bears a Nazi flag because:
(a) The men from the veteran's post had put it there.
(b) Beverly brought it as a symbol of their avenged brother killed at boot camp.
(c) Beverly put it there as a symbol of his revenge against Henry.
(d) He was a deserter in the army.

Short Answer Questions

1. Eli and Nector's partnership works because:

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

3. Nector's only movie role was:

4. Though Leopolda is dying, Marie's real reason for visiting her is:

5. Metaphorically, Marie appeals to Nector because:

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