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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 alias did Butch Cassidy tell Roxanna's Great-Uncle Howard that he would be using in the future?

2. What do the Lands have for supper when they arrive at the Shultz's in the Airstream?

3. What does Reuben dream about when he falls asleep on the stairs in Chapter 19?

4. Where did Waltzer meet Davy?

5. What type of cookies does Reuben bring Davy at the beginning of Chapter 17?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sara come to live with Waltzer and why does she live with him?

2. What dread realization dawns on Reuben when he is struggling to breathe in Chapter 19?

3. Why doesn't Jeremiah stop to get gas at the end of Chapter 12?

4. How did Roxanna's Great-Uncle Howard meet Butch Cassidy?

5. What does Reuben tell himself when nervously waiting for Davy in Chapter 17?

6. How does Swede's poem about Sunny end?

7. What does the posse find when they reach Waltzer's cabin?

8. How would Teddy Roosevelt's father try to help him breath?

9. Why does Roxanna Cawley keep goats in a bathroom?

10. Why does Roxanna say that part of the Badlands is on fire?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Davy is arrested, Reuben says that "the whole thing was no less a tornado than the other" referring to a tornado Jeremiah experienced when he was in his twenties. Compare Jeremiah's tornado to the events after the shooting. Support your statements with examples and quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Extraordinary events occur frequently in the novel. Argue whether these events are miracles using examples from the book to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why Dr. Nokes uses subterfuge to keep Reuben away from his father when Jeremiah has pneumonia.

Support your statements with examples and quotes from the book.

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