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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 game does Mr. DeCuellar teach Swede and Reuben to help them pass the time while they wait to be admitted to the courtroom?
2. What was the name of the farmer's wife who lived on the farm where the tornado took Jeremiah?
3. What month did a tornado strike the town where Jeremiah, Helen, and Davy lived while Jeremiah attended medical school?
4. What operation did Lurvy have six months before his visit on Swede's birthday?
5. Who wrote the book that Stube was reading the night that Davy escaped.
Short Essay Questions
1. What worries Dr. Nokes about Jeremiah's pneumonia?
2. Why does Reuben resent that Jeremiah healed Mr. Holgren?
3. Where was Jeremiah Land when Reuben was born?
4. What does Stanley Basca tell that Davy did the night of the shooting?
5. Why is Jeremiah fired from his job as janitor at the elementary school?
6. How does Elvis, the prosecutor, describe Israel and Tommy at the opening of Davy's trial?
7. Why did an ambulance have to take Lurvy and another man when Lurvy became sick?
8. What irregular work did Jeremiah find after being fired from his janitor job?
9. Where did the medical school that Jeremiah attended get a skeleton?
10. What does Reuben buy with the money he earns from tearing down the corncrib?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss what Reuben and Swede believe about miracles using examples from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss how the police respond when they learn about Swede's capture by Israel Fisher and Tommy Basca.
Support your statements with examples and quotes from the book.
Essay Topic 3
Because of a particularly bad asthma attack and his worries about his brother, Reuben seems to lose his faith. Discuss how and why Reuben loses and then regains his faith. Support your statements with examples and quotes from the book.
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