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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 did the Judge ask Geraldine to do with him when he saw her at her uncle's house?

2. In "The Burning Glare," what did Evelina wear on Easter Sunday?

3. In "Bitter Tea," what did Clemence want Evelina to do?

4. What was Holy Track's name?

5. Who owned the pintos that Joseph and Evelina liked to ride?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "The Plague of the Doves," why did a Catholic priest ask his parishioners to gather at the church and then walk the fields?

2. What did Clemence tell Evelina about her the racial heritage of her grandmother, Junesse?

3. What expedition did Joseph J. Coutts join and why?

4. How did the expedition Joseph Coutts joined start out?

5. What did Mooshum, Cuthbert, Asiginak, and Holy Track find at the Lochren Farm?

6. Where did Mooshum and Holy Track hide when they were being pursued for the murder at the Lochren Farm?

7. How did Junesse and Mooshum come to live at the Black Ranch?

8. How did Junesse and Mooshum survive when they ran off together?

9. How did Joseph and his father create a pond and populate it?

10. What happened when Johann Vogeli did not want to be involved in hanging the men accused of the murders at Lochren farm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Shamengwa had two fiddles in his life. What were the two fiddles in Shamengwa’s life? Why were these fiddles so important to him?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does Erdrich use imagery to help readers imagine the world and characters she has created?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in The Plague of Doves? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

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