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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. What does Edmund promise to bring Caddie when he comes to visit?

2. What are the Indian women doing when Caddie gets to their camp?

3. What does Caddie do that makes the men give her stern looks?

4. How does Johnny feel when he hears that Caddie went to the Indian Camp alone?

5. What does Edmund do to cheer up the children when he takes their dog?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Caddie is late to dinner at the beginning of the book?

2. What happens when Johnny sees Indian John when Caddie is brought home?

3. How do Johnny and Harriet feel when Caddie shows up at the dock?

4. How does Caddie feel about pigeon hunting?

5. What is so surprising to the Indians about the Woodlawn children?

6. What bad news does Caddie receive on her birthday?

7. What does Caddie think about when she goes to bed after hearing her father's story?

8. What does Caddie overhear Melvin Kent say while he is at her house?

9. What does Johnny tell his sons and hired hands to do when pigeon season arrives?

10. What does Edmund want to take Nero for and how does the family react to this request?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair occurs in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role does despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

How does Johnny choose to raise Caddie and why? How does this decision affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

This plot took place during the Civil War. How did this historic event shape the main characters in the book?

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