The Marrow Thieves Quizzes

The Marrow Thieves Quiz 1

1 What does the narrator compare the popping of the Doritos bag to?
Pizza

Marrow harvesting

Fireworks

Hunting
2 What does Mitch do when the Recruiters surround the tree house?
He sacrifices himself so that French can escape

He escapes out the back window to the pine tree

He hides

He shoots his rifle at them
3 Why is RiRi banned from attending Story?
Because she is too young

Because she has misbehaved

Because she has to clean the camp

Because Story is only for boys
4 Why is Miig's group heading North?
Because they hope to join the resistance camp

Because Miig's husband is in the North

Because the Northern Nations are said to be doing okay

Because they hope to meet their family members there
5 What does the Department of Oneirology refer to?
The university team devoted to the study of climate change

The university team devoted to the study of residential schools

The government agency devoted to controlling wildlife

The government agency devoted to extracting Indigenous peoples' ability to dream
6 What does "nishin" mean?
Good

Bad

Ugly

Beautiful
7 How does Minerva respond to being at the Four Winds Resort?
She is upset and yells at Miig

She is worried and refuses to stay

She is happy and begins to speak more

She is terrified and runs away
8 Why does the whole group end up sleeping in French's room at the Four Winds Resort?
Because they aren't used to sleeping alone

Because Recruiters threaten them

Because Miig tells them to stay close

Because French tells them a story
9 Who does the Rogarou haunt, according to Minerva?
Indigenous men

Little children

Métis elders

Half-breeds
10 Why must French listen to the story of the Rogarou secretly?
Because the story is only for women

Because Rose told him he wasn't allowed to listen

Because he is being punished

Because Minerva dislikes him
11 Why did Rose go to live with her granny?
Because her parents are alcoholics

Because the government took both her parents

Because she is too old to go to the bush

Because her uncles Will and Jonas died
12 Who interrupts Rose and French before they can kiss at the Four Winds Resort?
Wab

RiRi

Miigwans

Slopper
13 Where does French find Wab at the Four Winds Resort?
Stealing water from the rest of the group

Kissing Chi-Boy in one of the hotel rooms

Drinking alone in an office

Writing her story on a pad of paper
14 Why does Miig refuse to tell Wab's coming-to story?
Because Wab made him promise not to

Because it is too dark for the young people to hear

Because everyone chooses when and how to tell their own story

Because he doesn't know all the details
15 How does Wab characterize her mother?
As worried

As wonderful

As shitty

As sad
16 What work did Wab do in exchange for food back in Toronto?
She took care of people's kids and elders

She worked security at a warehouse

She wired phone messages to peoples' families

She ran delivering messages and packages
17 Why does the gang violate Wab?
So that she will join their gang

Because her boyfriend is in a rival gang

Because her family is causing problems

So that she will stop working
18 What does French see when he climbs a tree to check where the smoke is coming from?
A natural forest fire

Trees falling and a flash of yellow light

Minerva destroying the schools

Recruiters shooting young people
19 What does Miig tell French about where the smoke is coming from?
The Recruiters are shooting young people

The Recruiters are building a new school

The Department of Oneirology is putting out a forest fire

The Department of Oneirology is starting a war
20 Why does Miig tell French not to share news of the new school with the rest of the group?
Because they are too young to understand

Because they don't need to know and it will only harm their motivation

Because he thinks French will reveal too many secrets

Because he is secretly working for the Recruiters
21 How did Miig escape from the schools?
He bribed a security guard

He ran away while working in the laundry room

He killed a Recruiter

Two nurses rescued him
22 Why did Wab follow Miig's group for weeks before joining them?
Because she wanted to steal their belongings

Because she couldn't trust they wouldn't hurt her

Because she recognized Chi-Boy from the Toronto gang

Because she thought Miig was a traitor
23 Why did a group of townspeople tie up and torture Tree and Zheegwon?
Because they caught them stealing food

To try to extract their dreams

To hand them over to Recruiters for a ransom

To get them to reveal secrets about the schools
24 What is Miig's tattoo of?
A buffalo

A python

A hawk

A horse
25 Why does Frenchie decide not to kill the moose?
Because they would have to waste much of the meat

Because he is afraid Rose will be angry at him

Because he doesn't know how to shoot

Because Miig instructed him not to

The Marrow Thieves is a coming-of-age novel that explores the themes of adolescence, adulthood, and more specifically, manhood. French has an outdated idea of manhood, in which he is the protector, provider, and hero. Coming-to stories are part of...

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5. Why does everyone in the group show fear and panic as Miig prepares to test if the surrounding fence is still electrified?

Everyone is afraid that Miig will be electrocuted and killed.... they panic because they need him.

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 10/18/2021 10:30 PM

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How is foreshadowing used in The Marrow Thieves and examples from the text to support

I saw both of the Recruiters now: high-waisted navy shorts, gym socks with red stripes pulled up to their knees above low, mesh-sided sneakers, the kind that make you look fast and professional. Their polo shirts were partially covered with...

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