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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 was the birth of Gilda's baby?

2. What country is Claude Lewis from?

3. What does Jimmie soon believe is the best way to bettering his life?

4. Who kills a white man in Verona?

5. What do the Healys do when they later pass Jimmie on the road?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Gilda.

2. What does Mrs. Newby do for Gilda?

3. Why does Jimmie think that it will be good to work for the police?

4. How was Jimmie punished for Healy's dissatisfaction with the fence?

5. Why doesn't Jimmie tell Farrell what he knew about Harry Edwards?

6. How is Gilda doing since the birth?

7. Who are the Nevilles and what is their role in Jimmie's life?

8. What is Jimmie's impression of Mrs. Healy?

9. Who do the Nevilles suggest Jimmie should attempt to marry, and why?

10. Why does Tabidgi Jackie Smolders visit Jimmie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the value system of the white population to that of Jimmie's tribe. In what way do these differences affect Jimmie?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the significance of Mrs. Healy. What does she mean to Jimmie and why does he return to her home while he is on the run?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how the author's use of third-person perspective in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith affected the telling of the story. What does the reader know that the characters do not because of this? What is left a mystery?

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