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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. How old is the girl Sara who lives with Waltzer?
2. What does Reuben dream about when he falls asleep on the stairs in Chapter 19?
3. What Bible character does Swede compare Jeremiah to at the beginning of Chapter 13?
4. What book does Reuben think of when he hears Swede's latest installment about Sunny Sundown in Chapter 18?
5. When the Plymouth begins missing, what town are the Lands near?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Roxanna Cawley keep goats in a bathroom?
2. How would Teddy Roosevelt's father try to help him breath?
3. Why does Roxanna say that part of the Badlands is on fire?
4. How did Roxanna's mother die?
5. What do the Lands and Roxanna eat during the picnic in the Badlands?
6. What does the posse find when they reach Waltzer's cabin?
7. What does Andreeson tell Jeremiah that the people of Roofing think about the Lands leaving?
8. What does Reuben tell himself when nervously waiting for Davy in Chapter 17?
9. What do the Shultzes say about Davy the night he came to their place?
10. Why does Jeremiah go driving with Andreeson?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the troubles between the Land family and Israel and Tommy and how they escalate. Support your statements with examples and quotes from the book.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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