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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. Who asks Grandfather Bolte's permission to court Agatha while hunting pigeons?

2. In her dream, were is Georgie standing?

3. Why do the pigeons return in greater numbers during odd numbered years?

4. What does Grandfather Bolte give Georgie on Christmas Day?

5. Where does Agatha want to go to University?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Georgie justify taking items from the store for her journey?

3. How does Georgie feel about Agatha's relationship with Mr. Olmstead?

4. Why does Grandfather Bolte refuse to give his permission for Agatha to go to the University of Wisconsin?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does Ma cut a scrap of cloth from the corpse's body?

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

How might the disappearance of Georgie’s Pa ten years prior the beginning of the novel have affected the family’s reaction to the disappearance of Agatha? How might it have affected their willingness to allow Georgie to go on her journey?

Essay Topic 3

How does Billy’s confession about the true nature of the kiss between him and Agatha affect his relationship with Georgie? What are the short term effects of his confession? What are the long term effects of his confession? Why does Georgie decide to help him on Miller Road? Why does she ask him to leave the store afterwards?

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