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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 "Confessional," what was used for rugs in the church?

2. What was Geraldine wearing when Judge Coutts decided he would marry her?

3. In "Holy Track, The Boots," what did Mooshum buy with bets from horseracing?

4. In "Bitter Tea," what colored apron was Clemence wearing?

5. In "The Great Drive," about how many miles a day did the group progress?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened in "A Little Nip," when Father Cassidy staggered to the door after drinking with Mooshum and Shamengwa?

2. Why did John Wildstrand ask Billy Peace to kidnap his wife?

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

4. What did a man do while he repaired his gun and then afterwards in "Solo"?

5. How did Judge Coutts try to get to know Geraldine?

6. What happened to the men who lynched the men accused of the murders at Lochren farm?

7. Why did Holy Track give himself up when the men came looking for him and Mooshum?

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

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

10. Why did Billy Peace join the army?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Corwin Peace stole Shamengwa’s violin. How was he sentenced for the crime and why?

Essay Topic 2

Fragmentation is a literary technique where fragments make up the greater part of a book. How does Erdrich use fragmentation to tell the story of the town of Pluto?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in The Plague of Doves? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand characters?

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