What is NOT true about Mary Mandamin, Saul's mother?

She overcame an alcohol addiction

Why does Saul's family feel safe in Gods Lake?

Many of his ancestors' spirits are there

What is NOT true about St. Jerome's Residential School?

Saul has to change his name to make it more biblical

What is NOT true about Saul and hockey?

He gets punished for trying to play it

What is the "mystery" Saul associates with hockey?

He can envision what move he'll make and actually make it

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1
What is NOT true about Mary Mandamin, Saul's mother?
She feels an emptiness when Ben disappears and when he dies
She overcame an alcohol addiction
She is traumatized by the residential school
She is a devout Catholic
2
Who is the author of Indian Horse?
Caroline Pignat
Shakespeare
Sigmund Brouwer
Richard Wagamese
3
Why does Saul's family feel safe in Gods Lake?
The land there healed their alcoholism
Many of his ancestors' spirits are there
It is protected from the cold
There are no dangerous wild animals there
4
How does Naomi die?
She gets tired out from doing the dance of the rice
She drowns
She dies from a lack of food
She freezes to death
5
From what point of view is the novel told?
Third person omniscient
Third person limited
Second person
First person
6
Where is Saul at the beginning of the novel?
St. Jerome's Indian Residential School
Gods Lake
The bush with his family
The New Dawn Centre
7
How does Benjamin die?
in a hunting accident
of tuberculosis
of alcohol poisoning
He is beaten to death at school
8
What is NOT true about St. Jerome's Residential School?
Saul has to change his name to make it more biblical
The school and the children are scrubbed clean
The priests and nuns believe it is the Lord's school
Children are often beaten with a paddle
9
Why does Saul feel like an outcast among the other children?
He can speak and read English
He is a shaman
He does not look like an Ojibway
He plays hockey, which is a "white person" thing to do
10
What is NOT true about Saul and hockey?
He gets punished for trying to play it
He learns to play on his own
Father Leboutilier teaches him about it
He is able to "foresee" what will happen next in the game
11
What is the "mystery" Saul associates with hockey?
He can envision what move he'll make and actually make it
He does not understand how the puck can glide across the ice
His team keeps winning even though they are not good
Spirits talk to him while he is playing hockey
12
What does "Zhaunagush" mean?
school
The Ojibway
The white people
child

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