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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What game does Pelajia want to win the grand prize in?
2. Who is dancing along behind the women as they make their way to the band office?
3. Why does Philomena tell Emily that she should respect Veronique?
4. What is in the package that Annie receives from her daughter, besides a letter?
5. Where does Pelajia say Bingo Betty should have gone?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the encounter between Marie-Adele and Nanabush at the beginning of Act 1, Scene 2.
2. What is the conversation between Emily and Annie while Annie is driving the van to Toronto?
3. As Pelajia is on her roof in the final scene of the play, she again imagines a better life on the reserve. What role does she say she wish she had and how does she say life would be better because of it?
4. What happens when the women get frustrated after they aren't successful at the bingo game?
5. How did Emily Dictionary get so tough and learn how to fight?
6. What does Pelajia say in her eulogy for Marie-Adele?
7. How does the play end?
8. How does Nanabush appear in the opening of Act 2, Scene 7?
9. What is the main subject of conversation between the women in Act 1, Scene 1?
10. In the van on their way to Toronto, what fears does Marie-Adele express about Annie considering anything should happen to Marie-Adele?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the desires of the women at the beginning of the play. How do the women express their desires and wishes? How do these wishes come about? How do these wishes define their characters? Are the wishes of these women characters fulfilled? Support your reasoning with examples from the play.
Essay Topic 2
There is a thematic point in the play, perhaps the most important, that "life should be enjoyed for what it is since death comes too soon and a life spent dreaming is a life wasted." How does this thematic point apply to the play? Where does it come into play? Do the characters learn this point by the end of the play? Why is this point so relevant even to people in real life?
Essay Topic 3
Community with others is a large part of the human experience. Discuss the community within the play. Do we get a sense of community among the women? What is the most important community group for these women in the play? For example, is their physical community, where they live, as important as their personal, relationship community with each other? How does this sense of community affect the characters and how do they change throughout the play because of it? Use examples from the play to support your answer.
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