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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Marie says she "did for Nector what [she] learned from the nun," she means:
(a) She offers him salvation and forgiveness.
(b) She blames his actions on
(c) She tries to scar him.
(d) She struggles to overpower him.

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

3. Albertine's mother does not tell her about June's death because:
(a) She wants to punish Albertine for leaving the reservation.
(b) She worries that Albertine will forget her studies and come home.
(c) She knows Albertine hasn't forgiven June for leaving.
(d) She does not think Albertine will want to know.

4. Beverly rationalizes his tryst with Lulu after Henry's funeral as:
(a) The result of two people getting over the grief of loss.
(b) The result of their long-buried passion for one another.
(c) The result of Lulu's effect on men.
(d) The result of Lulu's desire to have one last child.

5. Marie's vision of herself stops her from running away because:
(a) She believes running away would be a sin.
(b) She believes God is telling her to forgive Leopolda.
(c) She believes Leopolda is sorry for what she did to Marie.
(d) She believes she will be a saint and Leopolda will have to worship her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The neighborhood gossips come around asking about what?

3. What does the description of the woods as shadowy and cold foreshadow?

4. Beverly surrenders to Lulu's charms at the end of the story because:

5. Rushes Bear admits she has come to stay with Marie because:

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Nector's allusions to Moby Dick and Ishmael's "great white monster" suggest?

2. What is the tone of the meeting between Lulu and Marie at the end of the chapter.

3. Several references in the chapter compare Marie to a fish. What are connotations of these comparisons?

4. Why is Lulu interested in Lipsha Morrisey knowing the truth about his parents?

5. Describe the mood of the final day Lyman and Henry spend together.

6. Describe Nector and Lulu's relationship.

7. Describe Lulu's relationship with Lyman.

8. What does the mood of the chapter suggest about Nector and Marie's future?

9. What does the motif of effort in chapter 6 reveal about Nector?

10. The motif of forgiveness in "Flesh and Blood" comes through most clearly in what two events?

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