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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. To what location does Frenchie go at the end of the chapter entitled A Plague of Madness?
(a) To the lake.
(b) To his tent.
(c) To a cave.
(d) To the river.

2. In the chapter entitled Story: Part Two, Miigwan continues the story he started telling the night when which character arrived?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Frenchie.
(c) Rose.
(d) RiRi.

3. How old is Frenchie?
(a) 14.
(b) 16.
(c) 22.
(d) 12.

4. How many stories high is the location called Four Winds?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

5. Which member of the group is always responsible for sounding an alarm in the case of trouble?
(a) RiRi.
(b) Miigwan.
(c) Chi-Boy.
(d) Minerva.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrative opens, Frenchie and his brother have been staying in a treehouse for how many days?

2. Which character is NOT featured in the nightmares Frenchie describes in the chapter called Haunted in the Bush?

3. Which activity does Frenchie describe as both productive and painful?

4. In what type of vehicle is Frenchie's brother taken away after he is dragged out of the treehouse?

5. The phrase "a plague of madness" (44) was applied to what condition when the condition first emerged?

Short Essay Questions

1. With which character does Frenchie begin to spend more time in the chapter called Haunted in the Bush?

2. In the chapter called Story Part 2, Miigwan continues telling a story he began telling on the night of whose arrival?

3. For what reason does Dimaline sometimes include slang and profanity within the narrative?

4. What is the symbolism of the freezer featured in Wab's Coming-to Story?

5. Discuss Frenchie's paradoxical feelings about the act of remembering.

6. For what reason is Frenchie already familiar with Miigwan's name before they meet in Frenchie's Coming-to Story?

7. In what way does the epigraph section of the novel prepare the reader for the text's focus on one particular theme?

8. Describe the central metaphor of the novel The Marrow Thieves.

9. What is the significance of the chapter title A Plague of Madness?

10. What is ironic about the circumstances of Frenchie's father Jean's disappearance?

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