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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 Great Lakes became too polluted for use around the same time as which U.S. state slipped underwater?

2. What types of flowers does Frenchie eat when he has no other food source during his journey?

3. What kinds of objects does Frenchie observe Minerva cleaning and storing for a mysterious purpose?

4. Which member of the group always leads the others, while Chi-Boy always brings up the rear?

5. What type of location is the place called Four Winds featured in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the chapter called A Plague of Madness begins, there has not been a Recruiter sighting for how long?

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. In what ways could The Marrow Thieves be classified as a bildungsroman?

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

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

7. Provide evidence from the chapter called The Four Winds to prove that Frenchie's group has rites and traditions.

8. What shared goal is agreed upon by Frenchie and Rose by the end of the chapter entitled Magic Words?

9. What is the symbolism of the whistle featured in the opening chapters of The Marrow Thieves?

10. What kinds of ineffective coping methods does Miigwan discuss in the chapter entitled Story: Part One? Name three.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Would Dimaline’s novel The Marrow Thieves be classified as a dystopian novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how and why Dimaline instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of The Marrow Thieves.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the philosophy by which one of the main characters in the novel lives life.

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