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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. The truant officers who hunt Indigenous people in the novel are referred to with what term?
2. Frenchie's father said that when the family began their journey, they would travel in which direction?
3. How old is Frenchie?
4. In which direction does the group head when the chapter called The Four Winds begins?
5. Wab tells the group that she saw how many men in the woods, one of whom she knew?
Short Essay Questions
1. What shared goal is agreed upon by Frenchie and Rose by the end of the chapter entitled Magic Words?
2. For what reason does Dimaline include an allusion to Albert Camus in
3. Describe the central metaphor of the novel The Marrow Thieves.
4. What is ironic about the circumstances of Frenchie's father Jean's disappearance?
5. How does Frenchie explain Minerva's choice to save tin can lids?
6. For what reason does Dimaline sometimes include slang and profanity within the narrative?
7. What is the symbolism of the freezer featured in Wab's Coming-to Story?
8. For what reason is Frenchie already familiar with Miigwan's name before they meet in Frenchie's Coming-to Story?
9. In what way does the epigraph section of the novel prepare the reader for the text's focus on one particular theme?
10. Discuss Dimaline's use of the dream motif to create a particular mood in the chapter called Haunted in the Bush.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What messages does Dimaline send about oppression in The Marrow Thieves and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the significance of the final passages included at the end of The Marrow Thieves.
Essay Topic 3
Would Dimaline’s novel The Marrow Thieves be classified as a dystopian novel? Why or why not?
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