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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. In which direction do Jimmie and the others flee after the attack?

2. Why do Jimmie and Mort ride on cows?

3. What is mentioned in the newspapers that Jimmie finds?

4. After Mort dies, how many hours pass before Dowie arrives?

5. Where is Gilda released from custody?

Short Essay Questions

1. What place does McCreadie show the brothers?

2. Why do Jimmie and Mort go to the Healy's house?

3. Why does Jimmie leave Tabidgi behind?

4. What happens to Mort in Chapter 14?

5. Why does Jimmie send Gilda and the baby away?

6. What happens when Mort and Jimmie find a little house with an old couple inside?

7. What happens to Jimmie while he is wading in a stream?

8. What happens to Gilda in Chapter 12?

9. Why does McCreadie tell Jimmie to leave Mort, and how does Jimmie react?

10. Why do Jimmie and Tabidgi visit the Newby household in Chapter 8?

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

Describe Jimmie's capture. In what manner was he captured, and what does this tell us about the protagonist?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the torment and guilt faced by Dowie Stead. Why does he feel this way and what does it cause him to do?

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