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Multiple Choice and Long Answer questions create ideal opportunities for whole-text review, unit exam, or summative assessments.

Multiple Choice

1. What does Nanapush’s willingness to save Fleur from her family home tell readers about his character?

A) He is hoping the Pillagers will reward him.

B) He wants to take Fleur as his fourth wife.

C) He is not easily swayed by public opinion.

D) He does not want to be branded as a coward.

2. What does Pauline’s consistency in viewing Fleur as a sorceress tell readers about Pauline’s character?

A) Pauline disapproves of women who gamble.

B) Pauline thinks Fleur gets what she deserves in Argus.

C) Pauline accepts her role as a warrior against evil.

D) Pauline is jealous of Fleur’s self-assuredness.

3. Why do the butcher’s men sexually assault Fleur?

A) She doesn’t conform to gender stereotypes.

B) She insults their families by winning at cards.

C) She neglects her duties at the butcher’s shop.

D) She is a bad role model for Pauline and Russell.

4. Which event suggests that Fleur is larger than life?

A) A tornado

B) Giving birth

C) Pregnancy

D) Relations with Eli

5. In what ways are Fleur and Margaret similar?

A) They are submissive.

B) They are religious.

C) They are Pillagers.

D) They are indomitable.

6. What are Pauline’s vulnerabilities?

A) She wants Eli but is unable to attract him.

B) She desires acceptance but angers at rejection.

C) She longs to be white and finally achieves this.

D) She is tainted by hatred that she turns to love.

7. What is one way that Christianity serves Pauline?

A) It serves her better than the old ways.

B) It helps differentiate her from Fleur.

C) It masks her real personality.

D) It enrages the family she deserted.

8. What two forces does Fleur embody?

A) Light and darkness

B) Winter and spring

C) Survival and legacy

D) Hunger and fullness

9. What strategy do the Pillager, Kashpaw, and Nanapush families use to survive starvation?

A) They send Nestor to trap and hunt.

B) They sell all but one parcel of land.

C) They each return to their homes.

D) They work to combine resources.

10. What is the likely explanation for Pauline’s religious mania?

A) Devotion

B) Madness

C) Guilt

D) Revenge

11. Why is Pauline unable to help Fleur with the premature baby?

A) She does not want to become a servant of the lake monster.

B) She is confused by the bodily pleasure she enjoys in the bath.

C) She wants to gain revenge against Eli for mating with Sophie.

D) She hopes Fleur will die during the difficult childbirth.

12. What is illustrated by the relationships between Fleur and Eli and Nanapush and Margaret?

A) Survival depends on help.

B) Family is biological.

C) Marriage is unnecessary.

D) Love offers salvation.

13. What does Pauline believe she achieves by killing Napoleon?

A) Revenge

B) Independence

C) Purity

D) Acceptance

14. Why is Lulu angry with Fleur?

A) Neglect

B) Abandonment

C) Rejection

D) Renunciation

15. Why does Margaret help to bring Lulu home from school?

A) She feels guilt over Nestor’s betrayal of the Pillagers.

B) She wants Nestor to marry Lulu and live on Kashpaw land.

C) She hopes to convince Nanapush to marry before he dies.

D) She must atone for her betrayal of Fleur, Eli, and Lulu.

Long Answer

Compose a response of 2-3 sentences, incorporating text details to support your response.

1. What is the effect of hearing Fleur’s story from Nanapush and Pauline but not from Fleur herself?

2. Why does Fleur destroy the last of the forest?