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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 Bible character does Swede compare Jeremiah to at the beginning of Chapter 13?

2. What is Waltzer doing during Reuben's last visit to the cabin?

3. When Reuben goes with Davy in Chapter 17 and sees what might be Venus or Jupiter, what direction does he think they might be traveling?

4. Who is hurt when a posse goes to look for Andreeson, Waltzer, and Davy?

5. What famous person did Roxanna's Great-Uncle Howard know?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons did Swede present to persuade Jeremiah to allow her to bring her Mexican saddle on their journey in the Airstream?

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

3. Why does Swede decide not to argue about going to bed at the Shultz's?

4. What does Jape Waltzer look like?

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

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

7. Why does Jeremiah go driving with Andreeson?

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

9. How did Roxanna's mother die?

10. Why does Roxanna say that Butch Cassidy died in 1936?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what Reuben and Swede believe about miracles using examples from the novel.

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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