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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Gordie believe he has brought out June's ghost?
(a) He went through her possessions.
(b) He reminisced about her at Eli's house.
(c) He prayed for her return.
(d) He spoke her name aloud.

2. Henry continues to tell himself to "advise restraint" throughout the evening in order to:
(a) Keep himself from drinking too much.
(b) Keep himself from running away from Albertine.
(c) Keep himself from breaking the bathroom door down.
(d) Keep himself from acting suddenly or violently.

3. The images Lipsha creates of the dandelions at the end of the chapter may also represent:
(a) The
(b) Himself.
(c) Nector's death.
(d) Marie and Lulu.

4. Nector yells his prayers in church because he believes:
(a) He only remembers them if he says them loudly.
(b) The other people in church need to be reminded of the prayers.
(c) God is going deaf and cannot hear him otherwise.
(d) He doesn't mean the prayers unless he yells them.

5. Lipsha is visiting King and Lynette because:
(a) He wants to admit he was never a Kashpaw.
(b) He wants information about Gerry Nanapush.
(c) He wants to claim King's firebird.
(d) He wants King to admit they are brothers.

6. Lulu uses the term "dreamstuff" to describe:
(a) Passion and lust.
(b) False longing or foolishness.
(c) Unattainable dreams.
(d) Anything worth hoping for.

7. Sister Mary hears Gordie's confession because:
(a) He believes she is a priest.
(b) She knows he has murdered his wife.
(c) She can tell that he hasn't really killed anyone.
(d) She can tell that he is weeping.

8. When Albertine says she "would never know how heavy a ton was unless it fell on [her]" she suggests:
(a) She has not known the same kind of love as Dot and Gerry.
(b) That love can not be measured.
(c) She does not really approve of Dot and Gerry's relationship.
(d) She does not really understand her job.

9. Grandma Kashpaw shows Lipsha the hiding place for her money because:
(a) She thinks he needs money to buy his way out of the army.
(b) She is afraid the money will be stolen.
(c) She wants him to help her protect the money.
(d) She is indirectly offering him the money.

10. Lipsha thinks his love medicine didn't work because:
(a) Nector refused to eat the turkey heart.
(b) It was only a deception.
(c) He couldn't get the blessing of the priest.
(d) Nector was destined to be with Lulu.

11. The cold weather that drives Henry and Lyman back to the reservation after their visit to Alaska foreshadows:
(a) Their fun trip is over.
(b) Winter is approaching.
(c) Lyman's last chance to travel off the reservation.
(d) An unfortunate event is waiting for them at home.

12. After Gordie kills the deer with the crow bar:
(a) He imagines he has killed June.
(b) He imagines the deer is accusing him of cowardice.
(c) He imagines he has confessed it to the priest.
(d) He imagines she is blaming him for June's death.

13. To drown out the sight and sound of June's ghost, what does Gordie do?
(a) Turns on all the lights and appliances.
(b) Drinks as much as he can as fast as he can.
(c) Goes back to Uncle Eli's house.
(d) Sits in his car with the radio on.

14. Albertine reminds Henry of:
(a) A girl he met in a village in Viet Nam who blew herself up.
(b) The displaced people in Viet Nam traveling with their belongings.
(c) His mother when she was younger.
(d) One of his relatives from the reservation who died in Viet Nam.

15. The evidence Albertine finds in the trailer--beer cans and cigarette stubs--suggests:
(a) Dot and Albertine will no longer be working in the trailer.
(b) Dot has been living in the trailer.
(c) Someone has been hiding in one of the trucks.
(d) Gerry has been hiding in the trailer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What final image connects Gordie to June's death?

2. Gordie sees another example of the universe's contempt for him when:

3. Albertine spends a great deal of time in the bathroom because:

4. Gerry and Dot's baby is like its father even before it is born because it is:

5. Three motifs that appear in the chapter are:

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