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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long before Odie and Albert were sent to Lincoln Indian Training School, did their mother die?

2. What did a woman come to Jack's for in Chapter 17?

3. In Chapter 14, where did Odie remember seeing the man before who took Emmy?

4. In a newspaper article, who did Brickman say took Emmy?

5. In Chapter 11, where did Odie go right before he and the others left the school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What shoes did Odie have in Chapter 12 and why?

2. In Chapter 14, how did Odie get shirts?

3. In Chapter 2, how does Odie think that the black snake happened to slither over Mrs. Brickman's foot?

4. What did Odie find in the attic in Chapter 18?

5. Why was Odie thrown into the quiet room for the first time?

6. At the end of Chapter 12, what did Emmy do in the night?

7. How did Odie feel about shooting Jack?

8. How did Odie and the others get his harmonica and Emmy before they left?

9. What did Odie make for Emmy in Chapter 14?

10. In the Prologue, what does Odie say about the story he is about to tell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jack was intimidating because he wore an eye patch and how he behaved. Why was Odie intimidated by Jack? What did Odie learn about Jack? Why did Odie fear Jack?

Essay Topic 2

Odie referred to God as a tornado. Why did Odie refer to God as a tornado? Did the experiences that Odie had change his view of God?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view used by the author. What is the point of view in the novel? How does it affect what readers know about characters and events?

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