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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. Who is Wongee Tom Carstairs?

2. What year do Jimmie and Mort return to Brentwood?

3. How deep is the grave that Jimmie digs for the white man?

4. Where did Jimmie get married?

5. What document does Healy withhold when Jimmie finishes the fence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of work do Jimmie and Mort do?

2. Why does Jimmie leave home after only staying there for two days?

3. What does Miss Graf do to help Gilda and how does Gilda react?

4. Why do Jimmie and Mort stop working for Claude Lewis?

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

6. Why was Healy unhappy with the fence Jimmie built?

7. What does Mr. Newby do that is just like Jimmie's previous employers?

8. Why might Jimmie have decided to drop the issue rather than argue with Healy about the quality of the fence?

9. Why is Farrell satisfied with Jimmie?

10. Describe the place and time that the novel is set in.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How significant is McCreadie in the capture of Jimmie in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith?

Essay Topic 2

Outline what events and circumstances of Jimmie's life caused him to go on a killing spree.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss discrimination in The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. Who is affected by discrimination, and what is the root cause of it?

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