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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. Whom does Polly Barfod want to marry?

2. What discovery makes Georgie certain that Agatha has run away?

3. Where does Georgie work?

4. Where did Georgie sleep the first night away from home?

5. Why does Georgie expect Agatha to reject Mr. Olmstead's proposal?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of "horse" does Billy loan to Georgie and how does he force himself on her journey?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Why is Georgie certain that her sister is alive? What skills does Agatha possess that would allow her to survive on her own? What elements of Agatha’s personality might make Georgie think she had left town?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the Passenger Pigeon migration of 1871 impacted the members of the Burkhardt family and the town of Placid. How did the migration affect the town financially? Socially?

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