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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. Which character do Billy and Georgie deduce to be the owner of the machine inside the cave?

2. How does Billy's rifle differ from Georgie's rifle?

3. Which character says, "hope muddies up reason"?

4. To what town does Georgie ride on her journey?

5. Where does the store owner think the pigeoner went after leaving Dog Hollow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Billy want Georgie to approach the Garrows?

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

3. What revelation does Georgie have when she discovers Billy has sent a telegram back to Placid?

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

5. Why is Billy in a hurry to leave the cave?

6. What makes Georgie change her mind about going home to Placid?

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

8. Why is Georgie surprised by the store owner's behavior when she arrives in Dog Hollow?

9. Why doesn't Georgie want Billy to remove his hat when they arrive at the crime scene on Miller Road?

10. What information does the stationmaster of Dog Hollow give Georgie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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 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?

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