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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 give the youngest Garrow girl?

2. According to Georgie, why are guns easier to understand than people?

3. Why do Billy and Georgie leave their camp in a hurry?

4. What animals were living inside the cave?

5. What does Georgie hope is waiting for her when she returns home?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Georgie react to the Mr. Garrow's presence in camp?

2. What revelation does the family have about the hair ribbon Georgie brings home?

3. Why does Georgie blame herself for Agatha's disappearance?

4. How does Georgie alter Agatha's story about the old Seneca man?

5. What revelation does Georgie have on top of the hill beside Miller Road?

6. What is the significance of Georgie deciding to use Billy's repeater rifle to hunt?

7. What is the significance of the story of the bear that Billy reads in "The Prairie Traveler"?

8. What does Georgie suspect has happened between her Ma and Sheriff McCabe while she was away?

9. What is the significance of the money Goergie and Billy find in the caves?

10. Why does Georgie begin to feel bad about calling the store owner Pin Eyes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What characteristics are revealed about Georgie during her encounter with Mrs. Garrow? What suspicions does she begin to have when she first encounters Mrs. Garrow? How are those suspicions later confirmed?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Georgie prepares for her journey. Of what importance is “The Prairie Traveler”? Her Springfield rifle? How will the skills she has acquired through hunting and shooting gin bottles assist her on her journey?

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