The Marrow Thieves Quizzes

The Marrow Thieves Quiz 1

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

Fireworks

Marrow harvesting

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 Story is only for boys

Because she has misbehaved

Because she is too young

Because she has to clean the camp
4 Why is Miig's group heading North?
Because the Northern Nations are said to be doing okay

Because Miig's husband is in the North

Because they hope to meet their family members there

Because they hope to join the resistance camp
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?
Beautiful

Ugly

Bad

Good
7 How does Minerva respond to being at the Four Winds Resort?
She is terrified and runs away

She is worried and refuses to stay

She is happy and begins to speak more

She is upset and yells at Miig
8 Why does the whole group end up sleeping in French's room at the Four Winds Resort?
Because Recruiters threaten them

Because Miig tells them to stay close

Because they aren't used to sleeping alone

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

Little children

Half-breeds

Métis elders
10 Why must French listen to the story of the Rogarou secretly?
Because Rose told him he wasn't allowed to listen

Because the story is only for women

Because Minerva dislikes him

Because he is being punished
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?
Slopper

Miigwans

Wab

RiRi
13 Where does French find Wab at the Four Winds Resort?
Writing her story on a pad of paper

Drinking alone in an office

Stealing water from the rest of the group

Kissing Chi-Boy in one of the hotel rooms
14 Why does Miig refuse to tell Wab's coming-to story?
Because everyone chooses when and how to tell their own story

Because he doesn't know all the details

Because it is too dark for the young people to hear

Because Wab made him promise not to
15 How does Wab characterize her mother?
As wonderful

As worried

As shitty

As sad
16 What work did Wab do in exchange for food back in Toronto?
She ran delivering messages and packages

She wired phone messages to peoples' families

She worked security at a warehouse

She took care of people's kids and elders
17 Why does the gang violate Wab?
Because her family is causing problems

Because her boyfriend is in a rival gang

So that she will join their gang

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

Recruiters shooting young people

Trees falling and a flash of yellow light

Minerva destroying the schools
19 What does Miig tell French about where the smoke is coming from?
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

The Recruiters are shooting young people
20 Why does Miig tell French not to share news of the new school with the rest of the group?
Because he is secretly working for the Recruiters

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

Because they are too young to understand

Because he thinks French will reveal too many secrets
21 How did Miig escape from the schools?
Two nurses rescued him

He killed a Recruiter

He bribed a security guard

He ran away while working in the laundry room
22 Why did Wab follow Miig's group for weeks before joining them?
Because she thought Miig was a traitor

Because she wanted to steal their belongings

Because she recognized Chi-Boy from the Toronto gang

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

A buffalo

A python

A hawk
25 Why does Frenchie decide not to kill the moose?
Because he is afraid Rose will be angry at him

Because he doesn't know how to shoot

Because Miig instructed him not to

Because they would have to waste much of the meat

Who was Miig in love with in The Marrow Thieves?

Miig is in love with Isaac.

Asked by yeru t #1387806

Answered by jill d #170087 on 12/3/2025 11:33 AM

What is an example of imagery in the book?

Throughout The Marrow Thieves, French, Rose, Minerva, and many other Indigenous characters braid their hair. The frequent imagery of braids comes to represent the characters' indigeneity, as well as their connection with their ancestors and...

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 11/27/2025 3:54 PM

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The Marrow Thieves a) Why does Frenchie feel resentment towards his dad? b) What is his father’s response? ( the circle pp.184-191)

Frenchie feels resentment because he thinks his father didn't search for him... or for Mitch.

His father's response;

“I did, son.” His voice was low, but calm. “Every day.” He rubbed a memory of an injury on the side of his ribs. “No matter what....

Asked by myaa j #1363188

Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/16/2025 11:07 AM

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The Marrow Thieves

by Cherie Dimaline

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