"Tracks" By Louise Erdrich
This is a short, multiple choice quiz to refresh your memory about characters and events in the novel Tracks, and its author, Louise Erdrich.
- 1.Nanapush's father named him for "Nanabozho" so that he would be
- A.
A wise chieftain of the Obijwa tribe.
- B.
Prepared to fool the "white man" with his magic.
- C.
A wise trickster who had a way with the ladies.
- D.
Powerful as a bear, like the original Nanabozho.
- 2.Nanapush tells his story to Lulu in order to
- A.
Convince her to reunite with her mother, Fleur.
- B.
Punish her for leaving the reservation to go to school.
- C.
Convince her that Pauline's story was untrue.
- D.
Persuade her to marry Morrissey.
- 3.Pauline believes that Fleur is the mistress of the lake monster, Misshepeshu, because
- A.
Lulu "had" his nose.
- B.
Fleur drowned three times, but always survived.
- C.
Fleur had been molested by him.
- D.
Lulu's last name meant "of the lake."
- 4.One thing Fleur and Pauline have in common is that they both
- A.
Were orphaned as toddlers.
- B.
Married Eli Kashpaw.
- C.
Had been molested by Napoleon Morrissey.
- D.
Worked in a butcher shop
- 5.Nanapush tell his story to Lulu, while Pauline's audience is
- A.
Bernadette Morrissey.
- B.
Her daughter, Marie.
- C.
Unknown.
- D.
Nanapush himself.
- 6.The writing style of this novel can best be described as
- A.
First person, narrative.
- B.
Third person, omniscient.
- C.
Second person, narrative.
- D.
Third person, limited.
- 7.One of the literary devices that binds both Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson and Tracks by Louise Erdrich is
- A.
First person narrative style
- B.
Magical realism
- C.
Multiple narrative style
- D.
Native American cultural base.
- 8.Louise Erdrich's husband, Michael Dorris, was
- A.
A Native American politician.
- B.
Chief of the Obijwa clan.
- C.
A Native American author.
- D.
Her most significant literary influence.
- 9.Louise later committed suicide after her divorce from Michael.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Louise has only written historical fictional novels.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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