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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 discovery makes Georgie certain that Agatha has run away?

2. Where does Agatha want to go to University?

3. Which character is known as the best tracker in town?

4. In her dream, were is Georgie standing?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Georgie notice about the feathers in the pigeoners camp?

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

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

4. What is the significance of Georgie's statement that she wishes Billy McCabe was only "a block of carved wood"?

5. How does Georgie's behave change after her encounter with the cougar?

6. How does Long Ears' behavior foreshadow the arrival of the cougar?

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

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

9. What is the significance of Billy's nickname for Georgie?

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

Describe the importance of the sisterly bond between Agatha and Georgie. What roles do they play in each other’s lives? What about this bond motivates Georgie to search for her missing sister?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of Georgie’s encounter with the store owner in Dog Hollow? What is Georgie’s initial assumptions about the woman? How do those assumptions change? What events allow both women to begin to identify with each other?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how each family member reacts to Agatha’s letter. What immediate impact does it have on each character’s life? What might the long term impact of that character’s life? What might have caused Georgie to react with such vehement anger? What enabled her to forgive Agatha? Theorize how Mr. Olmstead might react upon hearing that Agatha is alive.

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