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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of vehicle do the Lands drive when they go hunting at Shultz's place?
(a) Chevy.
(b) Ford.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Dodge.

2. What do the Lands eat for supper on Swede's birthday?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Baked ham.
(c) Clam chowder.
(d) Red potato chowder.

3. About twelve days after Davy's escape, Reuben comes to tell his father that his lungs are tight. What is Jeremiah reading that night?
(a) Lamentations 3.
(b) Jeremiah 33.
(c) Psalm 91.
(d) Psalm 121.

4. What is the name of the sheriff who brings the news of Davy's escape?
(a) Brith.
(b) Wilson.
(c) Mons.
(d) Pym.

5. What type of fish did Oscar Larson and Jeremiah usually catch?
(a) Perch.
(b) Catfish.
(c) Walleye.
(d) Trout.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Swede at the beginning of the novel?

2. How old is Reuben's brother, Davy, when Reuben sees his father's third miracle?

3. What was the name of the skeleton Jeremiah studied in medical school?

4. What operation did Lurvy have six months before his visit on Swede's birthday?

5. What time was Stube released from Davy's cell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Dr. Nokes do when Reuben was born not breathing?

2. Where did the medical school that Jeremiah attended get a skeleton?

3. Describe Mrs. DeCuellar.

4. After Reuben testifies, he and Swede decide to break Davy out of jail. Why are their plans to break Davy out of jail thwarted?

5. Where do the Lands go to hunt geese?

6. How does Jeremiah get money to stock the Airstream with food?

7. Who does Swede have rescue Sunny from the noose and why does that bother Reuben?

8. Why does Reuben resent that Jeremiah healed Mr. Holgren?

9. What worries Dr. Nokes about Jeremiah's pneumonia?

10. What happens to Swede while Reuben and his father attend church?

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