Motorcycles and Sweetgrass

Multiple Choice

1. A (Various chapters)

2. C (Various chapters)

3. B (Various chapters)

4. A (Various chapters)

5. D (Various chapters)

6. B (Various chapters)

7. C (Various chapters)

8. C (Various chapters)

9. A (Various chapters)

10. D (Various chapters)

11. B (Various chapters)

12. D (Various chapters)

13. C (Various chapters)

14. A (Various chapters)

15. D (Various chapters)

Long Answer

1. Nanabush returns as a long-haired, sandy-blond, blue-eyed white man of about 30. In other words, he takes on the appearance of Jesus, the person he sees as his rival for Lillian’s affections. This is both a joke about assimilation and a testament to his bitterness over what he perceives as Lillian’s rejection of him. (Various chapters)

2. Sammy was determined to speak his own language despite terrible punishments at the boarding school. In one sense, he succeeded, because he is among the most fluent remaining speakers of the language. However, his attempt to preserve his Anishinaabe identity through speaking the language has exacted a terrible cost, because the assimilationist pressures of the boarding school have impacted his mental health, trapping him eternally in the worst period of his life. (Various chapters)