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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 was the name of August Shultz's horse when he and Jeremiah were growing up together?

2. What is the name of Davy's fellow inmate in the jail?

3. What type of pie does Mrs. DeCuellar serve for breakfast?

4. What does Swede read to Reuben the night after the first day of Davy's trial?

5. Which deputy, during the first two weeks that Davy is in jail, reads some of the letters that Davy receives?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where was Jeremiah Land when Reuben was born?

2. Why are Swede's sugar cookies sometimes unorthodox?

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

4. How do the Lands spend Christmas Eve in 1962?

5. Why did an ambulance have to take Lurvy and another man when Lurvy became sick?

6. Where do the Lands go to hunt geese?

7. What does Reuben hear and see when he gets up in the night at the Schultz's to use the outhouse?

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

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

10. How did Davy escape?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Swede does not know that her father performs miracles until the time they elude state troopers searching for them. Discuss why Swede doesn't know about the miracles and how she responds when she learns about them. Support your statements with examples and quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the relationship between the DeCuellars and the Lands. Support your statements with examples and quotes from the book.

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