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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 Dizzy call a sharp bend on the road where accidents often occur?

2. What type of tracks does Janina see around the Commandant's car?

3. In Chapter 6, what does Janina try to fix at the writer's house?

4. In Chapter 4, what is breeding in the writer woman's house?

5. In Chapter 3, where had some of the men who are at Big Foot's house worked before they returned to Poland?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what does Oddball say he heard the day that the Commandant died?

2. What happens when Janina confronts the hunters in Chapter 5?

3. What makes Dizzy go to the Pass, and what does he find?

4. How does Janina feel when her ailments act up?

5. In Chapter 6, what does Janina think she might do next winter?

6. Why does Janina have to be careful how she cooks for Dizzy?

7. At the end of Chapter 7, what does Janina dream?

8. What does Janina see and do when she gets home in Chapter 3?

9. What problem does Janina see at the writer's house in Chapter 6?

10. What does Janina feel about names?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Janina has health problems. What does Janina call her health problems? How does she lose control when she has her ailments? What do the ailments symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

Janina and Dizzy were teacher and student at one time. What is the relationship between Janina and Dizzy in the novel? What does their relationship reveal about their characters?

Essay Topic 3

Who is the protagonist and who is the antagonist and why? Is there more than one protagonist or antagonist?

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