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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. Who moves into the empty houses?

2. What does Pauline call the people gathered on shore?

3. What does Pauline cover herself in when she realizes she is naked?

4. How old is Nector when he snares Lazarre and Clarence?

5. What kindness does Fleur perform for Pauline?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Nanapush helps Eli hunt.

2. How does Lulu's decision to run to Nanapush and Margaret show her likeness to her mother?

3. Why do you think Pauline is happy about the Indians losing their lands?

4. Compare Nanapush talking to keep Lulu alive to his talking to save himself and Fleur in Chapter 1.

5. Describe the transformation Fleur makes after the baby's death.

6. What significance is there to Pauline shedding skin every time her bandages are changed?

7. Describe how Nanapush and Margaret are captured by Clarence and Lazarre.

8. Describe how Fleur gets even following the attack on Nanapush and Margaret.

9. Describe how Pauline's hands are wounded for the first time.

10. What family does the adult Lulu want to marry into? What sort of people are they?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the similarities between Lulu and her mother. What changes those similar qualities? Why is Lulu unable to remain pure Indian? Why do you think Fleur does not return for Lulu or Nanapush?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the difference in generation. Nector is compared to Eli, Lulu to Fleur. What changes from older to younger? What do those changes mean for the Native Americans?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Pauline's image of herself as a martyr. Are her feelings justified? If so, by what? Is Pauline suffering from delusions of grandeur? Is Pauline suffering from delusions of grandeur? Support your position with evidence from the text.

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