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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 Georgie clean by the fire?

2. Where does Agatha store her money?

3. Where does Georgie bathe on the second night of her journey?

4. What wild animal confronts Georgie near the nesting site?

5. What does Grandfather Bolte give Agatha on Christmas Day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Agatha's story about the old Seneca man symbolize?

2. How does Grandfather Bolte express compassion towards Georgie during the funeral?

3. How does Georgie seek to make her Grandfather happy?

4. How does Georgie fend off the cougar attack?

5. Why does Agatha step into the migrating flock of pigeons and spin?

6. What was unusual about the cougar attack?

7. Why does Georgie fear to join her sister outside with the migrating birds?

8. What makes Georgie question the validity of her sister's funeral?

9. Why does Georgie consider her five Bechtler dollars to be worth twenty dollars?

10. Why does Georgie tell Mr. Olmstead about Agatha kissing Billy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of the kiss between Agatha and Billy? Why does Georgie tell Mr. Olmstead about the kiss? What importance does Mr. Olmstead place on the kiss? How does this one event become the catalyst for the rest of the story?

Essay Topic 2

How does the fire of 1871 affect the residents of Placid? What lessons does the community learn about compassion during this time? Compare and contrast the community’s involvement in this human migration to that of the Passenger Pigeon migration that occurred earlier in the year.

Essay Topic 3

What moral and ethical dilemma does Georgie face when Mr. Garrow finds the counterfeit plate in Billy’s saddlebag? Which question seems to weigh more heavily on her mind, the legal ramification of murder or the moral implication of killing another human being? What rationale does Georgie give for capital punishment? How does her decision affect her character?

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