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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. Why is Ma angry at Georgie the night of February 28th, 1871?

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

4. How long has Georgie's father been missing?

5. What nickname does Georgie give Frederick?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Ma make Agatha a ball gown?

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

4. How does Georgie fend off the cougar attack?

5. Why does Georgie describe the pigeon nesting as "a battlefield"?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Georgie feel about Agatha's relationship with Billy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Agatha once comments to her sister: “I don’t know how you can be so sure about putting creatures to death.” By the end of the novel, Georgie says she has stopped hunting because “Truth be told, I don’t find taking life - any life – palatable anymore.” Explain how and why Georgie’s attitude towards hunting has changed throughout the course of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

What is the symbolic significance of Passenger Pigeons in the novel? How are they featured in folklore? What meaning do they have for the different characters in the novel?

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