Tracks

Question 1

True or False

True or False Nanapush is talking to Lulu

Answer 1

True

Question 2

True or False

One of the Themes of Tracks is Losing Land

Answer 2

True

Question 3

True or False

A Theme of Tracks is Violence Against Indigenous People

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What are the Other Two Themes of Tracks ?

Answer 4

Grief and Colonization

Question 5

Why are Stories Important to Indigenous Communities ?

Answer 5

Because it’s a way to pass on Lessons and Preserve Culture

Question 6

What is Nanapush’s Motive for Telling this Story to Lulu ?

Answer 6

He wants to make sure the important lessons and life ways are passed on to Lulu

Question 7

Who wrote Tracks ?

Answer 7

Louise Erdrich

Question 8

What Group of People is the author of Tracks From ?

Answer 8

She is an Enrolled Member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, a Federally Recognized Tribe of the Anishinaabe

Question 9

Napoleon is alive at the end of Tracks.

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Match the names with their family name/last name, some answers will not

1 Lulu A Pillager

2 Fleur B Nanapush

3 Eli

Answer 10

Answer - 1B, 2A and 3 not used

( Lulu Nanapush, Fluer Pillager, )

Question 11

Match the names with romantic partners

1 Nanapush A Margret

2 Fleur B Eli

Answer 11

Answer - 1A and 2B

Nanpush and Margret are Partners and Fluer and Eli are Partners

Question 12

True or False

Lulu is at a boarding school.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Who is married?

A.Eli 1. Pauline

B.Nanapush 2.Fleur

C.Lulu

Answer 13

A&2

Eli and Fluer

Question 14

Is there a lake monster and if yes who?:

1. Pauline A.Yes
2. Misshepeshu B.No
3. Fleur

Answer 14

A&2

Yes & Misshepeshu

Question 15

Short Answer

What does Pauline do near the end of the book?

Answer 15

Near the end of the book, Pauline becomes a teacher at St.Catherine’s school in Argus. She also changes her name to Leopolda. She wants to leave Pauline behind and become someone new.

Question 16

True/False

In the opening chapter of Tracks, Nanapush is telling stories to Fleur.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

Matching - Match the narrators with the order that they were introduced

A. Nanapush 1. Second

B. Pauline 2. First

Answer 17

Answer: A2, B1

Nanapush narrates first then Pauline

Question 18

Matching - Match the following characters in order from oldest to younge

A. Lulu 1. Oldest

B. Fleur 2. Youngest

C. Nanapush 3. Middle Age

Answer 18

Answer: A2, B3, C1

Lulu is the yongest then Fluer then Nanapush

Question 19

Short Answer:

What is the significance to the following quote from the text, “Land is the only thing that lasts life to life. Money burns like tinder, flows off like water. And as for government promises, the wind is steadier”.

Answer 19

Land is passed down from each generation in the tribes. The government makes “promises” to these people but it typically ends with land being seized and the Peoples having no place to live. Land is sacred to Indigenous Peoples and their fight to keep it shows that it is the only thing that lasts life to life because it’s the only thing that can continue to be passed down.

Question 20

True or False

Pauline’s daughter is named Marie

Answer 20

False

Pauline’s daughter (who she gives to Bernadette) is named Mary-Anne.

Question 21

Matching - How does each person relate to Fleur?

1: Nanapush A: Cousin

2: Moses B: Worked at the butcher’s in Argus

3: Russel C: Father-Figure

Answer 21

1C, 2A, 3B

Nanpush - Father Figure, Moses - Cousin, Russell - Worked at the Butcher

Question 22

Matching - Match each character to their mother.

1: Lulu A: Margaret

2: Eli B: Fleur

3: Sophie C: Pauline

4: Marie D: Bernadette

Answer 22

1B, 2A, 3D, 4C

Lulu & Fluer, Eli & Margret, Sophie & Bernadette, Pauline & Marie

Question 23

Short Answer Question

What role(s) did the lake creature, Misshepeshu, play in the story?

Answer 23

This is definitely a question up to individual interpretation of the role of Misshepeshu, so I suppose anything that can be supported with a few sentences will fly! My immediate response is something like “He is the personification of Fleur’s relationship to the land (close relationship, dangerous/mysterious/frightening to some, etc).” Another possibility is “He represents the land untouched by the settler government,”.

Question 24

True or False

Pauline had a Romantic Interest in Eli

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Matching - Match the Symbols and the meanings

A) Braids 1) Spring

B) Bear 2) Connection to Ancestors

C) Windigo 3) Bear Clan

D) Flowers 4) Winter

Answer 25

Answer A2, B3, C4 Not Used -D1

Question 26

Matching - Match the Characters with the Setting

A) Matchimantio Lake 1) Nanapush

B) The Cabin 2) Lulu

C) Church 3) Pauline

D) The Convent 4) Fluer

E) The Field 5) Father Damien

Answer 26

Answers A4, B1, C5, D3 Not Used - E2

Question 27

Short Answer

Explain the Significance of Nature in Tracks ? How does Nature Connect to Characters such as Fluer

Answer 27

Nature is treated as its own character and is connected to other characters such as Fluer. Fluer is a part of the bear clan and the forest surrounding Matchinanto lake and the lake itself provides a home for the animals such as the bears. Another connection and helps Fluer with protecting their land.

Question 28

True / False

Lazarre and Clarence are brothers

Answer 28

False

Question 29

Matching - Match the character to their parent.

Lulu A. Fleur
Eli B. Bernadette
Napoleon C. Margaret
Nanapush

Answer 29

Answers: 1A, 2C, 3B

Lulu&Fluer, Eli&Margret Napolean&Margret

Question 30

matching - Match the character to their action.

Fleur A. Killed Napoleon
Pauline B. Used “bad medicine” for revenge
Nanapush C. Set a trap for Clarence and Lazarre
Margaret

Answer 30

Answers: 1B, 2A, 3C

Fluer used bad medicine for revenge , Pauline ekilled napolane, nanapush

Question 31

Short Answer

Compare and contrast the narration of Nanapush to Pauline

Answer 31

Pauline’s discrepancies/exaggerations make her narration more unreliable compared to Nanapush. Additionally her self-hatred and desperation for attention make her role in the events more exaggerated. On the other hand, Nanapush is directly addressing Lulu, so there is filtering of Fleur’s actions as well as censoring the full truth in his words as well.